use File::Path
mkpath(['/foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 0711);
rmtree(['foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 1);
Similarly, the rmtree
function provides a convenient way to delete a subtree from the directory
structure, much like the Unix command rm -r
.
rmtree
takes three arguments:
rmtree
to print a message each time it examines a file, giving the name of the
file, and indicating whether it's using rmdir
or unlink to remove it, or that it's skipping it. (defaults to
FALSE)
rmtree
to skip any files to which you do not have delete access (if running under
VMS) or write access (if running under another
OS). This will change in the future when a criterion for 'delete permission' under OSs other than
VMS is settled. (defaults to
FALSE)
NOTE: If the third parameter is not
TRUE, rmtree
is unsecure
in the face of failure or interruption. Files and directories which were
not deleted may be left with permissions reset to allow world read and
write access. Note also that the occurrence of errors in rmtree can be
determined only by trapping diagnostic messages using $SIG{__WARN__}
; it is not apparent from the return value. Therefore, you must be
extremely careful about using rmtree($foo,$bar,0
in situations where security is an issue.