Remove files or directories — mc

This function uses the mc command to remove files or directories at the specified target location.

Usage

mc_rm(target, recursive = FALSE, flags = "", verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

target: Character string specifying the target file or directory path to be removed.
recursive: Logical indicating whether to recursively remove directories. Default is FALSE.
flags: Additional flags to be passed to the rm command. Default is an empty string.
verbose: Logical indicating whether to list files removed. Default is FALSE.

Value

Returns the list from processx::run(), with components status, stdout, stderr, and timeout; invisibly.

Details

see mc("rm -h") for details.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # interactive()

# Remove a file
mc_rm("path/to/file.txt")

# Remove a directory recursively
mc_rm("path/to/directory", recursive = TRUE)
}