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+--!A cross-platform build utility based on Lua
+--
+-- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+-- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+-- You may obtain a copy of the License at
+--
+--     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+-- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+-- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+-- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+-- limitations under the License.
+--
+-- Copyright (C) 2015 - 2019, TBOOX Open Source Group.
+--
+-- @author      ruki
+-- @file        remove_files.lua
+--
+
+-- imports
+import("core.base.option")
+
+-- remove the given files or (empty) directories
+function main(filedirs)
+
+    for _, filedir in ipairs(filedirs) do
+
+        -- remove it first
+        os.tryrm(filedir)
+ 
+        -- remove all?
+        if option.get("all") then 
+            -- remove it if the parent directory is empty
+            local parentdir = path.directory(filedir)
+            while parentdir and os.isdir(parentdir) and os.emptydir(parentdir) do
+                os.tryrm(parentdir)
+                parentdir = path.directory(parentdir)
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end