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Recursive file and directory removal in C
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int rm_r(const char* e_path) | |
{ | |
DIR *dir = opendir(e_path); | |
struct dirent *ent; | |
if (dir == NULL) | |
/* error while opening the directory */ | |
return -1; | |
/* DA MAGICKS */ | |
while ((ent = readdir(dir)) != NULL) | |
{ | |
if (strcmp(ent->d_name,".") != 0 && strcmp(ent->d_name,"..") != 0) | |
{ | |
char temp_path[PATH_MAX]; | |
strcpy(temp_path, e_path); | |
strcat(temp_path, "/"); | |
strcat(temp_path, ent->d_name); | |
/* let's test if that entry is a file or a directory */ | |
DIR *test_dir = opendir(temp_path); | |
if(test_dir) | |
/* it's a directory, let's remove all of it's content */ | |
if (rm_r(temp_path) != 0) /* that's a recursive call */ | |
return -1; | |
if (remove(temp_path) != 0) | |
return -1; | |
} | |
} | |
if (closedir(dir) != 0) | |
return -1; | |
return 0; | |
} |
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