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instance method

FileUtils#rmtree

(::FileUtils::pathlist list, ?noop: ::boolish, ?verbose: ::boolish, ?secure: ::boolish) -> void
rmtree(list, noop: nil, verbose: nil, secure: nil)

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.

See also #rm_rf .rmtree #safe_unlink #rm_r also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0