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instance method
FileUtils#remove_file
(::FileUtils::path path, ?::boolish force) -> void
remove_file(path, force = false)
lib/fileutils.rb
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# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/lib/fileutils.rb, line 1499
def remove_file(path, force = false)
Entry_.new(path).remove_file
rescue
raise unless force
end
Removes the file entry given by path, which should be the entry for a regular file or a symbolic link.
Argument path should be interpretable as a path.
Optional argument force specifies whether to ignore raised exceptions of StandardError and its descendants.
Related: methods for deleting.
See also
.remove_file
#remove_entry_secure
#rm
#remove_entry
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