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local PATH = require "path"
-- suppose we run on windows
assert(PATH.IS_WINDOWS)
-- we can use system dependet function
print(PATH.user_home()) -- C:\Documents and Settings\Admin
print(PATH.currentdir()) -- C:\lua\5.1
-- but we can use specific system path notation
local ftp_path = PATH.new('/')
print(ftp_path.join("/root", "some", "dir")) -- /root/some/dir
-- All functions specific to system will fail
assert(not pcall( ftp_path.currentdir ) )-- clean currentdir
local path = require "path"
path.each("./*", function(P, mode)
if mode == 'directory' then
path.rmdir(P)
else
path.remove(P)
end
end,{
param = "fm"; -- request full path and mode
delay = true; -- use snapshot of directory
recurse = true; -- include subdirs
reverse = true; -- subdirs at first
})