Powershell function to recursively delete a folder and all of its child folders and files

recursive-delete.ps1

#
# Given a root directory, perform a depth first recursive delete of all subdirectories and files.
# Necessary b/c for some reason powershell won't always succeed in a recursive delete of folders which contain
# subfolders
#
function RecursiveDelete($theroot) {
  $children = Get-ChildItem -Path $theroot | where-object { $_.Attributes -eq "Directory"} |% {$_.FullName}
  foreach($achild in $children) {
  	if ($achild -ne $null) {
    	    RecursiveDelete $achild
	}
  }
  Remove-Item $theroot -recurse -force 
}

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