A rm -rf for node.
Install with npm install rimraf, or just drop rimraf.js somewhere.
rimraf(f, [options,] callback)
The callback will be called with an error if there is one. Certain errors are handled for you:
EBUSY- rimraf will back off a maximum of opts.maxBusyTries times before giving up.EMFILE- If too many file descriptors get opened, rimraf will patiently wait until more become available.
The options object is optional. These fields are respected:
maxBusyTries- The number of times to retry a file or folder in the event of anEBUSYerror. The default is 3.gently- If provided agentlypath, then rimraf will only delete files and folders that are beneath this path, and only delete symbolic links that point to a place within this path. (This is very important to npm's use-case, and shows rimraf's pedigree.)
It can remove stuff synchronously, too. But that's not so good. Use the async API. It's better.