fs-remove-compat

Cross-platform file removal utilities with Node.js 0.8+ compatibility. The strict rm and rmSync functions match the Node.js fs.rm APIs. The safeRm and safeRmSync variants use Windows-friendly defaults for cleanup tasks.

Install

npm install fs-remove-compat

Use

This CommonJS example creates and removes a disposable file, then reports errors through the callback.

var fs = require('fs');
var os = require('os');
var path = require('path');
var rm = require('fs-remove-compat').rm;

var file = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'fs-remove-compat-example.txt');
fs.writeFileSync(file, 'temporary file');
rm(file, function (error) {
  if (error) throw error;
  console.log('Removed');
});

rm and rmSync default to recursive: false, force: false, and maxRetries: 0. safeRm and safeRmSync default to recursive: true and force: true; on Windows they retry removable errors up to 10 times. Pass recursive: true to remove a directory with the strict functions.

API

interface RmOptions {
  recursive?: boolean;
  force?: boolean;
  maxRetries?: number;
  retryDelay?: number;
}

• rm(path, [options], callback) removes a file or directory asynchronously.
• rmSync(path, [options]) removes a file or directory synchronously.
• safeRm(path, [options], callback) is the asynchronous cleanup variant.
• safeRmSync(path, [options]) is the synchronous cleanup variant.

The asynchronous functions use Node-style callbacks. They do not return Promises. Use safeRm or safeRmSync for cleanup where Windows file locking is common. The package uses native fs.rm on Node 14.14 and newer and a fallback on older versions.

License

MIT