del-symlinks

Delete symlinks using glob.

Install

$ npm install --save del-symlinks

Usage

async

const delSymlinks = require('del-symlinks');

delSymlinks(['/home/guntur/.*', '!/home/guntur/.*rc']).then(symlinks => {
    console.log('symlinks was deleted:\n', symlinks.join('\n'));
});

sync

const delSymlinks = require('del-symlinks');

const symlinks = delSymlinks.sync(['/home/guntur/*']);

console.log('Symlinks was deleted:\n', symlinks.join('\n'));

API

delSymlinks(patterns, [options])

Returns a promise for an array of deleted symlinks paths.

delSymlinks.sync(patterns, [options])

Returns an array of deleted symlinks paths.

• patterns

  Type: string, array

  See supported minimatch patterns.

  • Pattern examples with expected matches
  • Quick globbing pattern overview

• options

  Type: object

  See the node-glob options.

  · dryRun

  Type: boolean
  Default: false

  See symlinks what would be deleted instead of deleting

  delSymlinks(['/home/guntur/*', '/home/guntur/.*'], { dryRun: true }).then(symlinks => {
      console.log('Symlinks that would be deleted:\n', symlinks.join('\n'));
  });
  

Related

• get-symlinks - Get all symbolic link in directory
• is-symbolic-link - Check if PATH is symbolic link

License

MIT © Guntur Poetra