node.js: fs.rmdirSync(path): Remove a directory synchronously

fs.rmdirSync(path)

Remove a directory synchronously.

HelloWorld.js

var fs = require('fs');

var directory_to_remove = 'testDir';

if (fs.existsSync(directory_to_remove)) {
    console.log(`Removing the file ${directory_to_remove}`);
 fs.rmdirSync(directory_to_remove);
} else {
    console.log(`file ${directory_to_remove} not exists`);
}

If the directory has some content inside it, then this method do not delete the directory,

Find the below working application.

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;
        var stats = fs.statSync(filePath);

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

    });
}



if (fs.existsSync(directory_to_remove)) {
    console.log(`Removing the file ${directory_to_remove}`);
    removeDirectory(directory_to_remove);
    fs.rmdirSync(directory_to_remove);
} else {
    console.log(`file ${directory_to_remove} not exists`);
}

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