remove¶

Removes files and directories. Directories are removed recursively like in rm -rf if the first argument is a reference to a scalar that evaluates to true. If the first argument is a reference to a scalar, then it is used as the value of the recursive flag. By default it's false so only pass \1 to it.

If the next argument is a hash reference then it is a key/values of options. Currently, there is one supported option of "'glob' => 0" which prevents globbing. E.g:

    remove(\1, {glob => 0}, '*');

Will not remove files globbed by '*' and will only remove the file called asterisk if it exists.

In list context it returns a list of files/directories removed, in scalar context it returns the number of files/directories removed. The list/number should match what was passed in if everything went well.

rm¶

Just calls remove. It's there for people who get tired of typing remove.

clear¶

The "clear" function is a version of "remove" designed for use in test scripts. It takes a list of paths that it will both initially delete during the current test run, and then further flag for deletion at END-time as a convenience for the next test run.

trash¶

Removes files and directories, with support for undeleting later. Accepts an optional "other platforms" hashref, passing the remaining arguments to remove.

Win32

Requires Win32::FileOp.

Installation not actually enforced on Win32 yet, since Win32::FileOp has badly failing dependencies at time of writing.

OS X

Requires Mac::Glue.

Other platforms

The first argument to trash() must be a hashref with two keys, 'rmdir' and 'unlink', each referencing a coderef. The coderefs will be called with the filenames that are to be deleted.

expand¶

DO NOT USE. Kept for legacy.

undelete¶

DO NOT USE. Kept for legacy.

Websites¶

The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to discover more resources.

• MetaCPAN

  A modern, open-source CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.

  <https://metacpan.org/release/File-Remove>

• RT: CPAN's Bug Tracker

  The RT ( Request Tracker ) website is the default bug/issue tracking system for CPAN.

  <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=File-Remove>

• CPANTS

  The CPANTS is a website that analyzes the Kwalitee ( code metrics ) of a distribution.

  <http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/File-Remove>

• CPAN Testers

  The CPAN Testers is a network of smoke testers who run automated tests on uploaded CPAN distributions.

  <http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/F/File-Remove>

• CPAN Testers Matrix

  The CPAN Testers Matrix is a website that provides a visual overview of the test results for a distribution on various Perls/platforms.

  <http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=File-Remove>

• CPAN Testers Dependencies

  The CPAN Testers Dependencies is a website that shows a chart of the test results of all dependencies for a distribution.

  <http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=File::Remove>

Bugs / Feature Requests¶

Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to "bug-file-remove at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=File-Remove>. You will be automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system.

Source Code¶

The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please feel free to browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from your repository :)

<https://github.com/shlomif/File-Remove>

  git clone git://github.com/shlomif/File-Remove.git