# rm-up
> Delete files or empty directories and their empty parents from bottom to up.
Latest version **1.1.0** (published 2021-12-31) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads
## Install
```sh
npm install rm-up
pnpm add rm-up
yarn add rm-up
bun add rm-up
```
## Health
**Score 25/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.
Positive: has types; no vulnerabilities; high quality score.
Warnings: low downloads; no esm support.
Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.
## Facts
| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.0 |
| Published | 2021-12-31 |
| First published | 2021-01-21 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >=12.0.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 |
| Unpacked size | 79.4 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 1 |
| Author | Özüm Eldoğan |
| Maintainers | ozum |
| Keywords | rm, rmdir, del, delete, dir, directory, folder, empty, recurse, recursive, remove, bottom, up, top |
## Links
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/rm-up
- Repository: https://github.com/ozum/rm-up
- Issues: https://github.com/ozum/rm-up/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/rm-up
## Dependencies (2)
- [junk](https://npm.io/package/junk.md) ^3.1.0
- [tslib](https://npm.io/package/tslib.md) ^2.3.1
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## Recent versions
- 1.1.0 (latest) — 2021-12-31
- 1.0.4 — 2021-02-11
- 1.0.3 — 2021-02-11
- 1.0.2 — 2021-02-10
- 1.0.1 — 2021-02-05
- 1.0.0 — 2021-01-21
## README
# rm-up
Delete files or empty directories and their empty parents from bottom to up.
- [Synopsis](#synopsis)
- [Safety](#safety)
- [Details](#details)
- [API](#api)
- [Table of contents](#table-of-contents)
- [Interfaces](#interfaces)
- [Functions](#functions)
- [Functions](#functions-1)
- [default](#default)
- [rmUp](#rmup)
- [Interfaces](#interfaces-1)
- [Interface: Options](#interface-options)
- [Table of contents](#table-of-contents-1)
- [Properties](#properties)
- [Properties](#properties-1)
- [cwd](#cwd)
- [deleteInitial](#deleteinitial)
- [dry](#dry)
- [force](#force)
- [relative](#relative)
- [stop](#stop)
- [verbose](#verbose)
- [Related](#related)
# Synopsis
```ts
import rmUp from "rm-up";
await rmUp("generated/template/db/ddl");
await rmUp(["generated/lib/math", "generated/util/helper"], { cwd: "/path/to/project", stop: "." });
```
# Safety
`rm-up` deletes only files below the `options.stop` to prevent unintentional delete operations. If the `options.stop` is not provided `rm-up` deletes empty directories up to root.
For example:
- `await rmUp("/root/a/b/c", { stop: "root/x" }); // nothing would be deleted.`
- `await rmUp("/root/a/b/c", { stop: "root/a" }); // "b" and "c" deleted if empty.`
# Details
`rmUp` function deletes files or empty directories and their empty parents from bottom to up.
First deletes given files or directories, then checks whether their parent directories are empty and deletes them if empty.
Then checks parent's parents and so on.
It's direction is reverse of `rm -rf` or `deltree` command.
Ignores system junk files such as `.DS_Store` and `Thumbs.db`.
For CLI, please see [rm-up-cli](https://github.com/ozum/rm-up-cli).
**Why do I need this?**
It is most useful when you create a file in a deep path programmatically and want to delete whole created tree, but not sure if other files are added somewhere between by others.
For example you created "`generated/template/db/ddl/create.sql`" in your project "`/path/to/project`" and want to delete whole created tree.
**Example 1**
```ts
await rmUp("generated/template/db/ddl/create.sql", { cwd: "/path/to/project" });
```
project project project
└─generated/ └─generated/
└─template/ └─template/
└─db/ --▶ └─db/ --▶
└─ddl/ └─ddl/
└─create.sql └─create.sql
`create.sql` file would be deleted, `ddl` become empty and deleted, `db` become empty and deleted, so `template` and `generated` directories are deleted likewise.
**Example 2**
Same options for a little different directory tree:
```ts
await rmUp("generated/template/db/ddl/create.sql", { cwd: "/path/to/project" });
```
project project project
└─generated/ └─generated/ ├─generated/
├─assets/ ├─assets/ └─assets/
└─template/ --▶ └─template/ --▶
└─db/ └─db/
└─ddl/ └─ddl/
└─create.sql └─create.sql
`create.sql` file would be deleted, `ddl` become empty and deleted, `db` become empty and deleted, `template` become empty and deleted, but this time `generated` directory not become empty because of `assets` and **not deleted**.
# API
## Table of contents
### Interfaces
- [Options](#interfacesoptionsmd)
### Functions
- [default](#default)
- [rmUp](#rmup)
## Functions
### default
▸ `Const` **default**(`paths`, `__namedParameters?`): `Promise`<`string`[]\>
**`deprecated`** Use named export: `import { rmUp } from "rm-up";` / `const { rmUp } = require("rm-up");`
#### Parameters
| Name | Type |
| :------------------ | :-------------------------------- |
| `paths` | `string` \| `string`[] |
| `__namedParameters` | [`Options`](#interfacesoptionsmd) |
#### Returns
`Promise`<`string`[]\>
#### Defined in
[index.ts:6](https://github.com/ozum/rm-up/blob/5369529/src/index.ts#L6)
---
### rmUp
▸ **rmUp**(`paths`, `options?`): `Promise`<`string`[]\>
Delete files or empty directories and their empty parents up to `stop` path excluding `stop` path.
#### Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
| :-------- | :-------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `paths` | `string` \| `string`[] | are the list of directories to be deleted with their empty parents. All paths must be under the same root. (e.g. you can not mix `C:` and `D:` in Windows) |
| `options` | [`Options`](#interfacesoptionsmd) | are options. |
#### Returns
`Promise`<`string`[]\>
#### Defined in
[main.ts:29](https://github.com/ozum/rm-up/blob/5369529/src/main.ts#L29)
# Interfaces
[rm-up](#readmemd) / Options
# Interface: Options
Options
## Table of contents
### Properties
- [cwd](#cwd)
- [deleteInitial](#deleteinitial)
- [dry](#dry)
- [force](#force)
- [relative](#relative)
- [stop](#stop)
- [verbose](#verbose)
## Properties
### cwd
• `Optional` **cwd**: `string`
Current working directory to be used with relative input paths.
#### Defined in
[main.ts:8](https://github.com/ozum/rm-up/blob/5369529/src/main.ts#L8)
---
### deleteInitial
• `Optional` **deleteInitial**: `boolean`
Delete target path (bottom directory) even it is non-empty directory. For example even if `c` directory of `a/b/c` has some files in it, `c` will be deleted.
#### Defined in
[main.ts:14](https://github.com/ozum/rm-up/blob/5369529/src/main.ts#L14)
---
### dry
• `Optional` **dry**: `boolean`
Dry run without deleting any files.
#### Defined in
[main.ts:16](https://github.com/ozum/rm-up/blob/5369529/src/main.ts#L16)
---
### force
• `Optional` **force**: `boolean`
If true, no error is thrown if input path is not a directory or does not exists. CWD is used by default.
#### Defined in
[main.ts:12](https://github.com/ozum/rm-up/blob/5369529/src/main.ts#L12)
---
### relative
• `Optional` **relative**: `boolean`
If true returns paths are relative to cwd, otherwise absolute paths.
#### Defined in
[main.ts:20](https://github.com/ozum/rm-up/blob/5369529/src/main.ts#L20)
---
### stop
• `Optional` **stop**: `string`
Path to stop searching empty directories up. Stop directory is not included (not deleted).
#### Defined in
[main.ts:10](https://github.com/ozum/rm-up/blob/5369529/src/main.ts#L10)
---
### verbose
• `Optional` **verbose**: `boolean`
If true returns all deleted directories and files. Otherwise returns only paths which delete command is executed agains.
#### Defined in
[main.ts:18](https://github.com/ozum/rm-up/blob/5369529/src/main.ts#L18)
# Related
- [rm-up-cli](https://github.com/ozum/rm-up-cli): CLI for this API.
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