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Makes a recursive rmdir in nodejs
var fs = require('fs');
function rmdirSync(dir) {
var currentDirToRead,
directoriesFound,
nextDirToReadIndex;
if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
return;
}
currentDirToRead = dir;
directoriesFound = [dir];
while (true) {
fs.readdirSync(currentDirToRead).forEach(function(name) {
var path = currentDirToRead+'/'+name;
var stat = fs.lstatSync(path);
if (stat.isDirectory()) {
directoriesFound.push(path);
} else {
fs.unlinkSync(path);
}
});
nextDirToReadIndex = directoriesFound.indexOf(currentDirToRead) + 1;
if (nextDirToReadIndex >= directoriesFound.length) {
break;
}
currentDirToRead = directoriesFound[nextDirToReadIndex];
}
directoriesFound.reverse();
directoriesFound.forEach(function(path) {
fs.rmdirSync(path);
});
}
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