PhantomJS - removeTree

The removeTree method is used to delete all the files and folders from a given folder and finally delete the folder itself. If there is any error while doing this process, it will throw an error – "Unable to remove directory tree PATH" and hang execution.

Syntax

Its syntax is as follows −

fs.removeTree(foldertodelete) 

Example

The following example shows how the removeTree method works.

var fs = require('fs'); 
var system = require('system'); 
var path = system.args[1]; 
console.log("Directory present : "+fs.isDirectory(path)); 

var a = fs.list(path); 
console.log("Listing the contents from the directory : " + JSON.stringify(a)); 
console.log("Removing directory "+path);  

var rd = fs.removeTree(path); 
console.log("Directory present "+fs.isDirectory(path)); 
phantom.exit();

The above program generates the following output.

Directory present : true 
Listing the contents from the directory : [".","..","examples","newfiles"] 
Removing directory removetree 
Directory present false