RickStrahl
Delete Folder with symlink
Consider this file architecture :
-- root folder
---- subroot folder 1
---- subroot folder 2 (symlink)
Subroot folder 2 is a symlink created with the command : mklink /D myfolder c:/mypath
And when I delete the root folder, the application delete files inside subroot folder 2.
It should only remove the symbolic link ! This is very dangerous !
In fact, your application is focused on files deletion, not really on folders deletion, i didn't understand that, sorry.
The -f parameter deletes empty folders, so i understand your perspective.
A new option would be welcome for enabling symlinks deletion that will not delete the files under the symlink
Can you clarify what it is you actually want to do? The scenario we usually have is that we delete files and only delete folders if you provide the -d switch to remove them if htey are empty.
To be honest I haven't checked into how a SymLink behaves in this scenario, but what do you expect should happen? I would expect the behavior to be the same as a regular folder - ie. delete the files down the line, and then remove the folder if it's empty (not sure if that would work though - I believe removing a symlink will fail silently).
The scenario that I wish would be as follows, below my file architecture:
---- folder 1
------ index.js
------ node_modules
-------- folder 2 (symlink)
------ (...)
---- folder 2
------ index.js
------ node_modules
------ (...)
---- folder 3 <-- folder to delete
------ index.js
------ node_modules
-------- folder 1 (symlink) <-- should only delete this symlink but not files inside
-------- folder 2 (symlink) <-- should only delete this symlink but not files inside
-------- folder 4
-------- (...)
Your tool is very useful to remove nodes_modules because under Windows path names are often too long.
However in this case, if I delete folder 3, I don't want the application deletes the files or folders inside folder 1 and 2, but only their symlinks.
Currently, I must not forget to delete them manually before running your application, otherwise it is the drama, your application deletes the contents of these folders...
Yeah I see your scenario.
The only way this logic would make sense is if:
Wildcard is . Folder is a symlink If it is delete the symlink only (not the files)
Otherwise - ignore symlink folder completely - don't recurse into it.