Sometimes, we want to remove a directory which is not empty with Node.js.
In this article, we’ll look at how to remove a directory which is not empty with Node.js.
How to remove a directory which is not empty with Node.js?
To remove a directory which is not empty with Node.js, we can use the rm or rmSync method.
For instance, we write
const fs = require('fs');
fs.rm('/path/to/delete', {
recursive: true
}, () => console.log('done'));
to call fs.rm with the path to delete as the first argument.
We set recursive to true in the object in the 2nd argument to let us delete an non-empty directory.
The 3rd argument is a callback that runs when rm is done.
rm will delete the directory asynchronously.
We call rmSync to delete a non-empty directory synchronously.
For instance, we write
const fs = require('fs');
fs.rmSync('/path/to/delete', {
recursive: true
});
console.log('done');
to call rmSync with the path of the directory to delete and the same object as the arguments.
Conclusion
To remove a directory which is not empty with Node.js, we can use the rm or rmSync method.
