taverasmisael/removeLarge.ps1

Created October 19, 2015 16:12

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This PowerShell script simply delete, with robocopy, a folder with large path files on windows. By default it deletes node_modules

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removeLarge.ps1

	# Use: removeLarge.ps1 folder_you_want_to_delete
	param([String]$folder='.\node_modules')
	mkdir empty_dir
	robocopy empty_dir $folder /s /mir
	rmdir empty_dir
	rmdir $folder

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