Class: Dir

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/supplement/dir.rb

Overview

supplement/dir.rb – More Dir methods

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.nuke!(n) ⇒ Object

:call-seq:

Dir.nuke!( name)     -> nil

Delete a directory, all its contents and all subdirectories. WARNING! This can cause serious damage.



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# File 'lib/supplement/dir.rb', line 15

def nuke! n
  (new n).entries!.each { |e|
    p = File.join n, e
    if File.directory? p then
      nuke! p
    else
      File.unlink p
    end
  }
  rmdir n
  nil
end

.rmpath(n) ⇒ Object

:call-seq:

Dir.rmpath( name)     -> nil

Delete as many empty directories as possible.



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# File 'lib/supplement/dir.rb', line 33

def rmpath n
  case n
    when "/", "." then
    else
      if (new n).entries!.empty? then
        rmdir n
        d = File.dirname n
        rmpath d
      end
  end
  nil
end