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Re: Instantly delete a directory without recursion?
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Re: Instantly delete a directory without recursion?


  • Subject: Re: Instantly delete a directory without recursion?
  • From: Guillem Palou <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 10:18:03 +0200

When removing directories, the OS should remove all the tree created in the filesystem. I think you cannot do anything else?
Is it so critical? How many files do you have to delete?

On Oct 4, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Oleg Krupnov wrote:

> Let me make the question more clear: I am aware of functions like
> [NSFileManager removeItemAtPath: error:], but what they do under the
> hood is they iterate through the subdirectories and files and delete
> them first. This takes some time. I am interested if it is possible to
> do this instantly, without even implicit recursion. Just remove the
> directory and the files and subdirectories would disappear?
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Oleg Krupnov <email@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a way to delete a directory instantly and completely without
>> first deleting all its subdirectories and files recursively?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Oleg.
>>
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