Does anyone knows what "rimraf" means?
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Ok for the recursive options when deleting files, but what is rimraf
?
Is it an acronym? Does it come from words combination?
The word is fairly pleasant, I would like to know where does it come from.
node.js Solutions
Solution 1 - node.js
Rimraf
The UNIX command rm -rf for Node.js
Deep deletion (like rm -rf
) module for Node.js that provides asynchronous deep- deletion of files and directories.
The rimraf
executable is a faster alternative to the rm -rf
shell command.
(rm
stands for remove, rf
stands for recursive force.)
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Solution 2 - node.js
It is a way to pronounce the command rm -rf
(remove, recursive, force removal).
Solution 3 - node.js
rimraf
is an executable that is used to clean the installed node packages in a node based project. It basically executes the rm -rf
command on the node_modules
directory, but is a faster alternative.
Solution 4 - node.js
> isaacs: It's how I pronounce rm -rf
Solution 5 - node.js
Like others have said, it's based on rm -rf. However, I think pronunciation sounds like it may come from the term riffraff, or perhaps even the rapper Riff Raff (just kidding).
And I say this as a possible explanation for the added "i" and "a" in "rimraf" since that coincides with the word riffraff.