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remove_dir_all_ext
[!NOTE] This is a fork of remove_dir_all, renamed as
remove_dir_all_ext
for publishing to crates.io
Description
Reliable and fast directory removal functions.
-
remove_dir_all
- on non-Windows this is a re-export ofstd::fs::remove_dir_all
. For Windows an implementation that handles the locking of directories that occurs when deleting directory trees rapidly. -
remove_dir_contents
- as forremove_dir_all
but does not delete the supplied root directory. -
ensure_empty_dir
- as forremove_dir_contents
but will create the directory if it does not exist.
Extended functions
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remove_dir_containing_current_executable
- as forremove_dir_contents
but will delete the directory containing the current executable, leaving only the executable itself. -
remove_dir_but_not_self
as forremove_dir_contents
but does not delete the currently running executable.
Example
extern crate remove_dir_all;
use remove_dir_all::*;
fn main() {
remove_dir_all("./temp/").unwrap();
remove_dir_contents("./cache/").unwrap();
}
Minimum Rust Version
The minimum rust version for remove_dir_all
is the latest stable release, and the minimum version may be bumped through patch releases. You can pin to a specific version by setting by add =
to your version (e.g. =0.6.0
), or committing a Cargo.lock
file to your project.
Dependencies
~2–11MB
~114K SLoC