// src/recursive_delete.hh // This file is part of libpbe; see http://svn.chezphil.org/libpbe/ // (C) 2009 Philip Endecott // This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or // any later version. // // This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software // Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. #include "recursive_delete.hh" #include "Directory.hh" #include "Exception.hh" #include "FileType.hh" #include using namespace std; namespace pbe { void recursive_delete(std::string path, bool ignore_errors) { switch (get_filetype(path)) { case directory: { // We don't see . or .. thanks to Directory. // We must read the directory before changing its contents, // else bad things will happen. typedef list subpaths_t; subpaths_t subpaths; { Directory d(path); for (Directory::const_iterator i = d.begin(); i != d.end(); ++i) { subpaths.push_back(i->pathname); } } for (subpaths_t::const_iterator i = subpaths.begin(); i != subpaths.end(); ++i) { recursive_delete(*i,ignore_errors); } int r = rmdir(path.c_str()); if (r==-1 && !ignore_errors) { throw_ErrnoException("rmdir("+path+")"); } break; } default: { // Regular files, symlinks, specials. int r = unlink(path.c_str()); if (r==-1 && !ignore_errors) { throw_ErrnoException("unlink("+path+")"); } break; } } } };