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npm package: @gitbook-ng/rmdir
Description: Remove all files in the given path recursively
Author: dreamerslab
Latest version: 1.2.1

# rmdir

Remove all files in the given path recursively.

## Description

Or just use `require( 'child_process' ).exec` and call `rm -r`

    var exec = require('child_process').exec;
    var path = '/path/to/the/dir';

    exec('rm -r ' + path, function (err, stdout, stderr) {
      // your callback goes here
    });

You can also checkout [rimraf](https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf) from [isaacs](https://github.com/isaacs).

## Requires

    node >= 0.4.x

## Installation

    npm install rmdir

## Usage

> Require the module before using

    var rmdir = require('rmdir');

### rmdir(path, [options], [callback]);

You can optionally pass in an alternate fs implementation by passing in `options.fs`.Your implementation should have `fs.lstat(path, callback)`, `fs.unlink(path, callback)`, `fs.readdir(path, callback)`, `fs.rmdir(path, callback)`, and `fs.exists(path, callback)` implemented.

#### Arguments

> path

    type: String
    desc: The path to be clear.

> options

    type: Object
    desc: Options to be used when removing all files.

> callback

    type: Function
    desc: The callback to be called after all files are removed.
    arguments:
      err:
      type: Error
    dirs:
      type: Array
    desc: The removed dirs.
    files:
      type: Array
    desc: The removed files.

#### Example

    var rmdir = require('rmdir');
    var path = '/path/to/the/dir';

    rmdir(path + '/assets', function (err, dirs, files) {
      console.log(dirs);
      console.log(files);
      console.log('all files are removed');
    });

## Creadit

[Aaron Larner](https: //github.com/alarner)
[Glen R.Goodwin](https: //github.com/arei)
[David Pate](https: //github.com/DavidTPate)
[Radare](https://github.com/radare)

## License

(The MIT License)

Copyright(c) 2011 dreamerslab & lt; ben@ dreamerslab.com & gt;

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files(the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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