node.js: fs.rmdir(path, callback): Remove a directory asynchronously

fs.rmdir(path, callback)

This method removes a directory asynchronously. On execution of mkdir function, callback is called. Callback function takes one argument ‘err’, it contains error stack trace on failure cases.

HelloWorld.js

var fs = require('fs');

var directory_to_remove = 'testDir';

fs.rmdir(directory_to_remove, (err) => {
 if(err){
  console.log(err);
 }else{
  console.log(`Directory ${directory_to_remove} removed`)
 }
});

This method does not delete the contents of the directory, if directory has some data inside it.

Below application remove the contents of the directory recursively.

HelloWorld.js

var fs = require('fs');

var directory_to_remove = 'testDir';

/*Remove directory contents recursively */
function removeDirectory(dirToRemove) {

    fs.readdirSync(dirToRemove).forEach(function(fileName) {
        var filePath = dirToRemove + "/" + fileName;
        console.log(filePath);
        var stats = fs.statSync(filePath);

        if (stats.isDirectory()) {
            removeDirectory(filePath);
            fs.rmdirSync(filePath);
        } else {
            fs.unlinkSync(filePath);
        }


    });
}

removeDirectory(directory_to_remove);

fs.rmdir(directory_to_remove, (err) => {
    if (err) {
        console.log(err);
    } else {
        console.log(`Directory ${directory_to_remove} removed`)
    }
});

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