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class method
FileUtils.rmtree
rmtree(list, noop: nil, verbose: nil, secure: nil)
lib/fileutils.rb
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# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.3.0/lib/fileutils.rb, line 1328
def rm_rf(list, noop: nil, verbose: nil, secure: nil)
rm_r list, force: true, noop: noop, verbose: verbose, secure: secure
end
Alias of .rm_rf
Equivalent to:
Example
FileUtils.rm_r(list, force: true, **kwargs)
Argument list or its elements should be interpretable as paths.
May cause a local vulnerability if not called with keyword argument secure: true; see Avoiding the TOCTTOU Vulnerability.
See FileUtils.rm_r for keyword arguments.
Related: methods for deleting.