Gulp: how to delete a folder?

Question

I am using the del package to delete a folder:

gulp.task('clean', function(){ return del('dist/**/*', {force:true}); }); 

But if there are many subdirectories in the dist folder, and I want to delete the dist folder and all its files, is there an easy way to do this?

Ps: I do not want to do this: dist/**/**/**/**/**/**/... when there are so many subdirectories.

Answer 1

your code should look like this:

 gulp.task('clean', function(){ return del('dist/**', {force:true}); }); 

according to npm del docs "**" deletes all dist subdirectories (ps: do not delete dist folder):

"The glob ** pattern matches all child and parent."

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Answer 2

According to the documentation: The glob ** template matches all child and parent. You must also explicitly ignore parent directories.

 gulp.task('clean', function(){ return del(['dist/**', '!dist'], {force:true}); }); 

Further information is available here: del documentation