Is node.js rmdir recursive ? Will it work on non empty directories?

Question

The documentation for fs.rmdir is very short and doesn\'t explain the behavior of rmdir when the directory is not empty.

Q: What happens if I try to use

Answer 1

fs.rmdir is not recursive.

You could instead use a recursive fs.readdir module like readdirp in order to find all files and directories . Then remove all files, followed by all directories.

For an even simpler solution have a look at rimraf.