On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Raju Bitter <[email protected]> wrote: > I noticed that the function delete-file-recursively is present in > clojure-contrib java-utils package, but it's missing in > clojure.java.io. Is there any other function for deleting a directory > recursively? > http://richhickey.github.com/clojure-contrib/java-utils-api.html#clojure.contrib.java-utils/delete-file-recursively
It was left out of clojure.java.io because in Java 6 there's no way to detect whether a given directory is actually a symlink, so it has to recurse into symlinked directories indiscriminately. This behaviour is arguably dangerous. Perhaps in the far future it could be added once support for Java 6 is dropped. -Phil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
