delete files from network share

[sindresorhus]

delete files from network share

[landed1]

I am here too ..issues on shared drive requires the force option...here is my code

gulp.task('clean',function(){
  return gulp.src(DEST)
      .pipe(vinylPaths(del(DEST, { force: true })));
});

I was using vinylPaths as I wanted to do this on a stream of ONLY changed files

[TrySound]

@jzp74 Read documentation, please. New api uses promises instead of callback.

[jzp74]

@TrySound Thanks for your reply. You mean this documentation: https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp/blob/master/docs/API.md?
Not sure I understand how that would change my gulp clean task. Can you elaborate a bit more?

[TrySound]

@jzp74 This documentation
https://github.com/sindresorhus/del

[TrySound]

@jzp74 Instead of passing callback as the last argument you can just return result of del function. gulp tasks accept streams and promises.

[jzp74]

@TrySound Thanks!

So I tried this with a normal directory

gulp.task('clean', function(cb) {
    del(['dist/css/*.css'], { force: true });
    cb();
});

Works perfectly. I then tried this (basically the same) with the shared location

gulp.task('clean', function(cb) {
    del(['//some/network/location/dist/css/*.css'], { force: true });
    cb();
});

Doesn't work and renders no errors or warning. This should work right?

Then tried this to see if something is perhaps wrong wiith my shared location.

gulp.task('clean', function (cb) {
    exec('rm -fr //some/network/location/dist/css/*', function (err, stdout, stderr) {
    console.log(stdout);
    console.log(stderr);
    cb(err);
    });
})

Works perfectly. It looks like del doesn't work with shared locations. Am I still doing something wrong? Is there something else you would like me to test?

[TrySound]

@jzp74 Do not use callback here. You call cb before del end.

gulp.task('clean', function() {
    return del(['dist/css/*.css'], { force: true });
});

[TrySound]

@jzp74 I don't know about shared location.
/cc @sindresorhus

[jzp74]

Removed the callback for both the local delete and the shared location delete. Same results: local delete works, shared location delete doesn't

[schnittstabil]

ATM, glob does not support UNC globs, see isaacs/node-glob#74 and isaacs/node-glob#146. Thus, this also applies to del.

However there's a workaround:

1. use glob's root option: The place where patterns starting with / will be mounted onto.
2. use a glob pattern starting with /.
3. use del's force option: Allow deleting the current working directory and outside.

Example:

del('/dist/css/*.css', {
  root: '//ComputerName/SharedFolder',
  force: true,
});

Notes:

1. globbing ComputerNames is not possible – Windows processes these in a different way

2. globbing SharedFolders is not possible – Windows processes these in a different way

3. Promises fail silently, i. e. to output error message one need to catch it:

   del(…).then(console.log).catch(console.error)

4. Of course, gulp outputs errors, but only if one return the Promise:

   gulp.task('clean', function() {
     return del(…);
   });

This should answer all questions.