Gulp: how to delete a folder?

Question

I use del package to delete folder:

gulp.task(\'clean\', function(){
    return del(\'dist/**/*\', {force:true});
});

But if there are many sub

Answer 1

Imports:

const { src, dest, series, parallel } = require('gulp');
const del = require('del');

In one line:

function clean(cb) {
  del(['./dist/'], cb());
}

Or, In two lines:

function clean(cb) {
  del(['./dist/']);
  cb();
}

Finally:

exports.default = series(clean, parallel(process1, process2));

Answer 2

According to the documentation : The glob pattern ** matches all children and the parent. You have to explicitly ignore the parent directories too

gulp.task('clean', function(){
     return del(['dist/**', '!dist'], {force:true});
});

More info available here : del documentation

Answer 3

your code should look like this:

gulp.task('clean', function(){
     return del('dist/**', {force:true});
});

according to the npm del docs "**" deletes all the subdirectories of dist (ps: don't delete dist folder):

"The glob pattern ** matches all children and the parent."

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