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

Here is the coffee script prototype function I created for fluentnode that deletes a folder recursively

String::folder_Delete_Recursive = ->
  path = @.toString()
  if path.exists()
    for file in path.files()
      curPath = path.path_Combine(file)
      if curPath.is_Folder()
        curPath.folder_Delete_Recursive()
      else
        curPath.file_Delete()
    fs.rmdirSync(path);

  return path.not_Exists()

here is the test:

it 'folder_Create and folder_Delete' , ->
  tmpDir = "./".temp_Name_In_Folder()
  expect(tmpDir.folder_Exists()).to.be.false
  expect(tmpDir.folder_Create()).to.equal(tmpDir.realPath())
  expect(tmpDir.folder_Exists()).to.be.true
  expect(tmpDir.folder_Delete()).to.be.true
  expect(tmpDir.folder_Exists()).to.be.false

it 'folder_Delete_Recursive' , ->
  tmpDir = "./"   .temp_Name_In_Folder().folder_Create()
  tmpFile = tmpDir.temp_Name_In_Folder().file_Create()
  expect(tmpDir.folder_Delete_Recursive()).to.be.true