Excluir arquivos e pastas de forma recursiva

 ' Autor: sebikul
 ' Para usá-lo, chame Clean() o primeiro parâmetro é o diretório que deseja limpar, e um boolean como o segundo
 ' parâmetro se você deseja excluir a pasta raiz quando terminar de limpá-la.

Private Depth As Integer

Private Function Clean_Directories_From(Path As String) As Boolean

  Dim Directory As String

  Dim DirectoryList As String[]

  Dim HadError As Boolean

  If Not Exist(Path) Then Return False

  DirectoryList = Dir(Path, Null, gb.Directory)

  For Each Directory In DirectoryList

    Directory = Path &/ Directory

    Print Subst("Cleaning directory &1...", Directory),

    If Exist(Directory) Then Try Rmdir Directory

    If Not Error Then
      Print ("Done")

    Else If Error And Error.Code = 43 Then
      Message.Warning(Subst(("Access forbiden. You can't access &1"), Directory))
      'Print

    Else If Error And Error.Code = 42 Or Error.Code = 70 Then
      Print ("Directory has content")

      Execute(Directory)

      Print Subst("Deleting directory &1...", Directory),
      Rmdir Directory
      Print ("Done")

    Else If Error And Error.Code = 49 Then ''symbolic links

      Try Kill Directory

    Else If Error Then

      Message.Error(Error.Code & " - " & Error.Text)
      HadError = True
      Print ("Failed")

    Endif

  Next

  If HadError Then Return False

  Return True

End

Private Function Clean_Files_From(Path As String) As Boolean

  Dim File As String

  Dim FileList As String[]

  Dim HadError As Boolean

  If Not Exist(Path) Then Return False

  FileList = Dir(Path, Null, gb.File)

  For Each File In FileList

    File = Path &/ File

    Print Subst("Cleaning file &1...", File),

    Try Kill File

    If Error And Error.Code = 43 Then

      Message.Warning(Subst(("Access forbiden. You can't access &1"), File))
      'Print
    Else If Error Then

      Message.Error(Error.Code & " - " & Error.Text)
      HadError = True
      Print ("Failed")
    Else
      Print ("Done")
    Endif

  Next

  If HadError Then Return False

  Return True

End

Public Function Clean(Path As String, Optional CleanRoot As Boolean = True) As Boolean

  Depth = 1

  Return Execute(Path, CleanRoot)

End

Private Function Execute(Path As String, Optional CleanRoot As Boolean = True) As Boolean

  If IsDir(Path) Then

    Inc Depth

    If Not Clean_Files_From(Path) Or Not Clean_Directories_From(Path) Then
      If Not Main.PrintDebug Then Message.Error(Subst(("There was an error while cleaning the directory &1.\n You may check the logs for further information. If this is a bug, please report it."), Path))
      Return False
    Endif

    Dec Depth

    If CleanRoot And Depth = 1 Then
      Print Subst("Deleting directory &1...", Path),
      Try Rmdir Path
      Print ("Done")
    Endif

    Return True

  Else

    Print Subst("Cleaning file &1...", Path),

    Try Kill Path

    If Error Then

      Message.Error(Error.Code & " - " & Error.Text)
      Print ("Failed")
      Return False
    Else
      Print ("Done")
      Return True
    Endif
  Endif

End

Examples

Dim Result as Boolean

Result = Clean("/home/user/dummy-folder", False)