Module: FileUtils

Defined in:
lib/vidibus/core_extensions/file_utils.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.remove_dir_r(dir, max_depth = 3) ⇒ Object

Removes the current directory recursively including all empty parent directories up to given depth. The current directory will be removed with all its contents, but parent directories will only be removed if empty.

Example:

FileUtils.remove_dir_r("/my/nice/private/dir", 2)
# will remove dir and, if empty, private as well



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# File 'lib/vidibus/core_extensions/file_utils.rb', line 15

def self.remove_dir_r(dir, max_depth = 3)
  FileUtils.remove_dir(dir)
  parts = dir.split("/")
  while max_depth > 1
    parts.pop
    max_depth -= 1
    folder = File.join(parts)
    break if (Dir.entries(folder) - ['.', '..']).any?
    FileUtils.remove_dir(folder)
  end
end