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Removing a directory that is not empty in NodeJS
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node-rm-rf.js
var fs = require('fs');
var deleteFolderRecursive = function(path) {
if( fs.existsSync(path) ) {
fs.readdirSync(path).forEach(function(file,index){
var curPath = path + "/" + file;
if(fs.lstatSync(curPath).isDirectory()) { // recurse
deleteFolderRecursive(curPath);
} else { // delete file
fs.unlinkSync(curPath);
}
});
fs.rmdirSync(path);
}
};
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