majacq / remove_dir_all

Reliable remove_dir_all implementation for Windows

remove_dir_all

Description

Reliable and fast directory removal functions.

• remove_dir_all - on non-Windows this is a re-export of std::fs::remove_dir_all. For Windows an implementation that handles the locking of directories that occurs when deleting directory trees rapidly.

• remove_dir_contents - as for remove_dir_all but does not delete the supplied root directory.

• ensure_empty_dir - as for remove_dir_contents but will create the directory if it does not exist.

extern crate remove_dir_all;

use remove_dir_all::*;

fn main() {
    remove_dir_all("./temp/").unwrap();
    remove_dir_contents("./cache/").unwrap();
}

Minimum Rust Version

The minimum rust version for remove_dir_all is the latest stable release, and the minimum version may be bumped through patch releases. You can pin to a specific version by setting by add = to your version (e.g. =0.6.0), or commiting a Cargo.lock file to your project.