How to create folder, delete folder and list folder contents ?

[gedw99]

anyone know the commands for managing directories ? I see examples using files but nothing for Directories.

I need the cross platform equivalent of these linux commands so they work on Windows, Mac and Linux.

mkdir -p "folder path" to create and not error if already there.
rm -rf "folder path" to delete it and everything inside.
ls -al "folder path" to list everything inside.

thanks in advance @bitfield !!

[bitfield]

@gedw99, you can use the standard library's os package for these:

• os.Mkdir / os.MkdirAll
• os.Remove / os.RemoveAll
• os.DirFS

In addition, script has the ListFiles and FindFiles methods for doing some operation on your specified files.

I hope this helps!

[gedw99]

ah bummer. I wanted to use script as a cli to do all this from a makefile file with no golang code.

just install script and then call it as a cli.

[bitfield]

Maybe something like this is what you're looking for? https://til.simonwillison.net/bash/go-script

[gedw99]

Ah . Yes I could write a tiny bit o golang around an import of script and just go run . It .
That will do the trick.

I need it to augment this make file

https://github.com/dawenxi-tech/2fa/blob/main/Makefile

just create and delete and list folder contents to allow the build and packaging make tergets to do their thing.

the makefile is used locally and in ci . Single source of truth instead of complex GitHub actions . Simple dimple stuff