Index: sdk/lib/io/directory.dart |
diff --git a/sdk/lib/io/directory.dart b/sdk/lib/io/directory.dart |
index f9bcff5c17a2a629e0a17ba2f490c8952e32fead..b1eca17dd6180bd502af8e962d51712cec950f04 100644 |
--- a/sdk/lib/io/directory.dart |
+++ b/sdk/lib/io/directory.dart |
@@ -87,10 +87,16 @@ abstract class Directory extends FileSystemEntity { |
/** |
* Deletes this directory. |
* |
- * If [recursive] is false, the directory must be empty. |
+ * If [recursive] is false, the directory must be empty. Only directories |
+ * and links to directories will be deleted. |
* |
* If [recursive] is true, this directory and all sub-directories |
- * and files in the directories are deleted. |
+ * and files in the directories are deleted. Links are not followed |
+ * when deleting recursively. Only the link is deleted, not its target. |
+ * |
+ * If [recursive] is true, the target is deleted even if it is a file, or |
+ * a link to a file, not only if it is a directory. This behavior allows |
+ * [delete] to be used to unconditionally delete any file system object. |
* |
* Returns a [:Future<Directory>:] that completes with this |
* directory when the deletion is done. If the directory cannot be |
@@ -104,7 +110,12 @@ abstract class Directory extends FileSystemEntity { |
* If [recursive] is false, the directory must be empty. |
* |
* If [recursive] is true, this directory and all sub-directories |
- * and files in the directories are deleted. |
+ * and files in the directories are deleted. Links are not followed |
+ * when deleting recursively. Only the link is deleted, not its target. |
+ * |
+ * If [recursive] is true, the target is deleted even if it is a file, or |
+ * a link to a file, not only if it is a directory. This behavior allows |
+ * [delete] to be used to unconditionally delete any file system object. |
* |
* Throws an exception if the directory cannot be deleted. |
*/ |
@@ -135,9 +146,14 @@ abstract class Directory extends FileSystemEntity { |
* Optionally recurses into sub-directories. |
* |
* If [followLinks] is false, then any symbolic links found |
- * are reported as links, rather than as directories or files, |
+ * are reported as [Link] objects, rather than as directories or files, |
* and are not recursed into. |
* |
+ * If [followLinks] is true, then working links are reported as |
+ * directories or files, depending on |
+ * their type, and links to directories are recursed into. |
+ * Broken links are reported as [Link] objects, |
+ * |
* The result is a stream of [FileSystemEntity] objects |
* for the directories, files, and links. |
*/ |
@@ -149,9 +165,14 @@ abstract class Directory extends FileSystemEntity { |
* Optionally recurses into sub-directories. |
* |
* If [followLinks] is false, then any symbolic links found |
- * are reported as links, rather than as directories or files, |
+ * are reported as [Link] objects, rather than as directories or files, |
* and are not recursed into. |
* |
+ * If [followLinks] is true, then working links are reported as |
+ * directories or files, depending on |
+ * their type, and links to directories are recursed into. |
+ * Broken links are reported as [Link] objects, |
+ * |
* Returns a [List] containing [FileSystemEntity] objects for the |
* directories, files, and links. |
*/ |