Remove thumbs.db (annoying windows-specific thumbnail-cache) from all subfolders with PhantomJS (1.9.8)

removeThumbsDB.js

var fs = require('fs');
// --------------------------------------
// JS-fixes
if (!String.prototype.endsWith) {
	console.log("fixing String-prototype (endsWith)");
    Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, 'endsWith', {
        enumerable: false,
        configurable: false,
        writable: false,
        value: function (searchString, position) {
            position = position || this.length;
            position = position - searchString.length;
            var lastIndex = this.lastIndexOf(searchString);
            return lastIndex !== -1 && lastIndex === position;
        }
    });
}else{
	console.log("String-prototype WASNT fixed (endsWith)");
}

if (!String.prototype.startsWith) {
	console.log("fixing String-prototype (startsWith)");
  Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, 'startsWith', {
    enumerable: false,
    configurable: false,
    writable: false,
    value: function (searchString, position) {
      position = position || 0;
      return this.indexOf(searchString, position) === position;
    }
  });
}else{
	console.log("String-prototype WASNT fixed (startsWith)");
}
// --------------------------------------

var possibleFileNames = ["thumbs.db","thumbs.DB","Thumbs.db"];

function scanAndWorkOnDirectoryRecursive(folder){
    try {
		//console.log("Reading folder:", folder);
		fs.list(folder).forEach(function workOnFile(filename){
			var target = folder + fs.separator + filename;
			
			// recursive
			if( fs.isDirectory(target) & fs.isReadable(target) ){
				// dont work on special folders
				if( filename !== "." && filename !== ".."){
					checkIfIsThumbsDBAndRemoveIt(target);
					scanAndWorkOnDirectoryRecursive(target);
				}
			}
		});
	} catch(e) {
		console.log("Folder is not readable", folder, e);
	}
}

function checkIfIsThumbsDBAndRemoveIt(folderpath){
	possibleFileNames.forEach(function(thumbDBfileName){
		var possibleTarget = folderpath + fs.separator + thumbDBfileName;
		if(fs.isFile(possibleTarget) && fs.isReadable(possibleTarget) && fs. isWritable(possibleTarget)){
			console.log("Removing thumbs.db file: " + possibleTarget);
			fs.remove(possibleTarget);
		}
	});
}

console.log("Start scan for Thumbs.db ", new Date());
scanAndWorkOnDirectoryRecursive(fs.workingDirectory);
console.log("Finished scan for Thumbs.db ", new Date());
phantom.exit(0);

Just copy this file to the root-folder where all subfolders should be cleared of that windows-specific thumbs.db-file, could be improved to get target-folders as arguments, but i just needed this 😄