https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23910
Issue ID: 23910
Summary: std.file.remove acts differently on Windows and Linux
Product: D
Version: D2
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P1
Component: phobos
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
On Windows, std.file.remove calls DeleteFileW, which can only delete regular
files. On POSIX, it calls remove(3), which can remove both files and (empty)
directories.
Depending on how we *want* it to work, it should conditionally call DeleteFileW
or RemoveDirectoryW on Windows, or it should call unlink(2) on POSIX. The
former solution is far less of a breaking change, but the breakage is more
subtle and silent.
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