File::Remove - Remove files and directories
use File::Remove 'remove';
# removes (without recursion) several files
remove( '*.c', '*.pl' );
# removes (with recursion) several directories
remove( \1, qw{directory1 directory2} );
# removes (with recursion) several files and directories
remove( \1, qw{file1 file2 directory1 *~} );
# trashes (with support for undeleting later) several files
trash( '*~' );
File::Remove::remove removes files and directories. It acts like
/bin/rm, for the most part. Although unlink can be given a list
of files, it will not remove directories; this module remedies that.
It also accepts wildcards, * and ?, as arguments for filenames.
File::Remove::trash accepts the same arguments as remove, with the addition of an optional, infrequently used "other platforms" hashref.
Removes files and directories. Directories are removed recursively like in rm -rf if the first argument is a reference to a scalar that evaluates to true. If the first arguemnt is a reference to a scalar then it is used as the value of the recursive flag. By default it's false so only pass \1 to it.
In list context it returns a list of files/directories removed, in scalar context it returns the number of files/directories removed. The list/number should match what was passed in if everything went well.
Just calls remove. It's there for people who get tired of typing remove.
The clear function is a version of remove designed for
use in test scripts. It takes a list of paths that it will both
initially delete during the current test run, and then further
flag for deletion at END-time as a convenience for the next test
run.
Removes files and directories, with support for undeleting later. Accepts an optional "other platforms" hashref, passing the remaining arguments to remove.
Requires Win32::FileOp.
Installation not actually enforced on Win32 yet, since Win32::FileOp has badly failing dependencies at time of writing.
Bugs should always be submitted via the CPAN bug tracker
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=File-Remove
For other issues, contact the maintainer.
Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
Some parts copyright 2006 - 2008 Adam Kennedy.
Taken over by Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>, to fix the "deep readonly files" bug, and do some more cleaning up.
Some parts copyright 2004 - 2005 Richard Soderberg.
Taken over by Richard Soderberg <perl@crystalflame.net>, so as to port it to File::Spec and add tests.
Original copyright: 1998 by Gabor Egressy, <gabor@vmunix.com>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.