Option to delete extracted folder after install #18

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1. haghish commented on Sep 20, 2021

   

   haghish

   on Sep 20, 2021

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   I totally agree! If "someone" kindly writes a programs that takes a directory name and removes it - for all operating systems - i gladly merge it. It is very annoying to have the unzipped directory remaining... I'm just heavily overwhelmed at the moment to develop and test such a program, no matter how simple it seems to be... please feel free to take the lead
2. bquistorff commented on Sep 21, 2021

   

   bquistorff

   on Sep 21, 2021

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   Some random code I had lying around. Would need to be test.

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   /*
    *@brief Recursively removes folder with files it in it
    *@param path Directory path to remove
    */
   real scalar function rmdir_complete(string scalar path)
   {
   	if (!regexm(path,"[/\]$")) path = path+"/"
   	// display("{hline}{break}Entering folder "+path)
   	
   	string colvector dirs, files
   	
   	dirs  = dir(path,"dirs","*",1)
   	files = dir(path,"files","*",1)
   	
   	real scalar i
   
   	for(i=1;i<=length(dirs);i++){
   		rmdir_complete(dirs[i])
   	}
   	
   	for(i=1;i<=length(files);i++){
   		unlink(files[i])
   	}
   	rmdir(path)
   }
   end