Method: Object#rm_r

Defined in:
lib/mspec/helpers/fs.rb

#rm_r(*paths) ⇒ Object

Recursively removes all files and directories in path if path is a directory. Removes the file if path is a file.



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# File 'lib/mspec/helpers/fs.rb', line 31

def rm_r(*paths)
  paths.each do |path|
    path = File.expand_path path

    prefix = SPEC_TEMP_DIR
    unless path[0, prefix.size] == prefix
      raise ArgumentError, "#{path} is not prefixed by #{prefix}"
    end

    # File.symlink? needs to be checked first as
    # File.exist? returns false for dangling symlinks
    if File.symlink? path
      File.unlink path
    elsif File.directory? path
      Dir.entries(path).each { |x| rm_r "#{path}/#{x}" unless x =~ /^\.\.?$/ }
      Dir.rmdir path
    elsif File.exist? path
      File.delete path
    end
  end
end