method

delete

v1_9_3_392 - Show latest stable - Class: Sys

delete(*wildcards)

public

Remove all files matching wildcard. If a matching file is a directory, it must be empty to be removed. used delete_all to recursively delete directories.

# File lib/rake/contrib/sys.rb, line 82
  def delete(*wildcards)
    wildcards.each do |wildcard|
      Dir[wildcard].each do |fn|
        if File.directory?(fn)
          log "Deleting directory #{fn}"
          Dir.delete(fn)
        else
          log "Deleting file #{fn}"
          File.delete(fn)
        end
      end
    end
  end

delete

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