[rucksack-devel] (mapc #'delete-file <whole-rucksack-directory>)

[Arthur Lemmens]

Volkan YAZICI wrote:

> In rucksack.lisp:517 it writes that:
>
>   (:supersede
>    ;; Remove all rucksack files from the directory.
>    ;; DO: Only delete the files that Rucksack actually
>    ;; uses.
>    (mapc #'delete-file
>          (directory (make-pathname :name :wild
>   				 :type :wild
>   				 :version :wild
>   				 :defaults directory)))
>    (apply #'make-instance class :directory directory args))
>
> I tried some but couldn't figure out how to list files that Rucsack
> actually uses.

I just added a function RUCKSACK-FILES-IN-DIRECTORY which gives a
list with the files that Rucksack uses.  At the moment that's only
4 files: "heap", "roots", "objects" and "schemas".

> And, IMHO, above snippet is quite buggy.

Yes, I agree.  That's why I had the 'to do' note there.

> (It costed me removing all files under the data directory I
> specified for Rucksack.)

Ouch.  Sorry about that...

I hadn't expected that people would put other files in the Rucksack
directory.  But I suppose that only shows my lack of imagination.

> I'd be appreciated if anybody can fix it.

I just rewrote this to delete only the files that are actually used
and nothing else.  The fix is in the CVS repository now.

Thanks for the bug report,

Arthur