Is node.js rmdir recursive ? Will it work on non empty directories?

Question

The documentation for fs.rmdir is very short and doesn\'t explain the behavior of rmdir when the directory is not empty.

Q: What happens if I try to use

Answer 1

Use child_process.execFile it is faster.

NodeJS docs:

child_process.execFile is similar to child_process.exec() except it* does not execute a subshell but rather the specified file directly.

This works. Mimicking rm -rf DIR...

var child = require('child_process');

var rmdir = function(directories, callback) {
    if(typeof directories === 'string') {
        directories = [directories];
    }
    var args = directories;
    args.unshift('-rf');
    child.execFile('rm', args, {env:process.env}, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
            callback.apply(this, arguments);
    });
};

// USAGE
rmdir('dir');
rmdir('./dir');
rmdir('dir/*');
rmdir(['dir1', 'dir2']);

Edit: I have to admit this is not cross-platform, will not work on Windows