how to use the emptydirsync function from the fs-extra library in typescript

To use the emptyDirSync function from the fs-extra library in TypeScript, you can follow these steps:

  1. Install the fs-extra library by running the following command in your terminal:
npm install --save fs-extra
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  1. Import the fs-extra module and the emptyDirSync function in your TypeScript file:
index.ts
import * as fs from 'fs-extra';

// ...

fs.emptyDirSync('/path/to/directory');
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  1. Call the emptyDirSync function with the path of the directory you want to empty:
index.ts
fs.emptyDirSync('/path/to/directory');
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Here's an example of how you can use the emptyDirSync function in a TypeScript file:

index.ts
import * as fs from 'fs-extra';

const dirPath = '/path/to/directory';

// Empty the directory
fs.emptyDirSync(dirPath);

console.log(`The directory ${dirPath} has been emptied`);
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In this example, the emptyDirSync function is used to empty the directory located at /path/to/directory. The function call is wrapped inside a try-catch block to handle any errors that may occur.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.

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