Method: File.safe_unlink

Defined in:
lib/ftools.rb

Removes a list of files. Each parameter should be the name of the file to delete. If the last parameter isn’t a String, verbose mode will be enabled. Returns the number of files deleted.



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# File 'lib/ftools.rb', line 168

def safe_unlink(*files)
  verbose = if files[-1].is_a? String then false else files.pop end
  files.each do |file|
    begin
      unlink file
      $stderr.print "removing ", file, "\n" if verbose
    rescue Errno::EACCES # for Windows
      continue if symlink? file
      begin
        mode = stat(file).mode
        o_chmod mode | 0200, file
        unlink file
        $stderr.print "removing ", file, "\n" if verbose
      rescue
        o_chmod mode, file rescue nil
      end
    rescue
    end
  end
end