Remove a directory that is not empty in NodeJS

A quick pro-tip for handling this situation.

NodeJS provides an easy to use fs.rmdir command that follows the POSIX standard. This unfortunately means that it will error ENOTEMPTY if there is any file in the directory you are attempting to remove. NodeJS doesn’t have an easy way to force the removal, so you have to get fancy.

By far, the easiest, safest and most cross environment approach is to use rimraf whose source code shows nearly 250 lines of premium quality work.

It’s 2018, use del.

Or if you must, try trash. It’s really neat too.

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