When a file is a symlink to a directory, File.directory?(file) returns true, and the script used to try to delete it with Dir.delete( ) which would fail and be rescued silently as if it were a non-empty directory.
A symlink needs to be tested with File.symlink?( ) and deleted with File.delete( ).
This resolves issue#37
jheiss
commented
11 years ago
When a file is a symlink to a directory, File.directory?(file) returns true, and the script used to try to delete it with Dir.delete( ) which would fail and be rescued silently as if it were a non-empty directory. A symlink needs to be tested with File.symlink?( ) and deleted with File.delete( ). This resolves issue#37