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Delete a folder recursively

def delete_all(dir)   Dir.foreach(dir) do |e|     # Don't bother with . and ..     next if [".",".."].include? e     fullname = dir + File::Separator + e     if FileTest::directory?(fullname)       delete_all(fullname)     else       File.delete(fullname)     end   end   Dir.delete(dir) end delete_all("dir1")   # Remove dir1 and everything under it!