# gentle-fs [](https://npm.im/gentle-fs) [](https://npm.im/gentle-fs) [](https://travis-ci.org/npm/gentle-fs) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/npm/gentle-fs) [](https://coveralls.io/github/npm/gentle-fs?branch=latest)
[`gentle-fs`](https://github.com/npm/gentle-fs) is a standalone library for
"gently" remove or link directories.
## Install
`$ npm install gentle-fs`
## Table of Contents
* [Example](#example)
* [Features](#features)
* [API](#api)
* [`rm`](#rm)
* [`link`](#link)
* [`linkIfExists`](#linkIfExists)
### Example
```javascript
// todo
```
### Features
* Performs filesystem operations "gently". Please see details in the API specs below
for a more precise definition of "gently".
### API
#### <a name="rm"></a> `> rm(target, opts, cb)`
Will delete all directories between `target` and `opts.base`, as long as they are empty.
That is, if `target` is `/a/b/c/d/e` and `base` is `/a/b`, but `/a/b/c` has other files
besides the `d` directory inside of it, `/a/b/c` will remain.
##### Example
```javascript
rm(target, opts, cb)
```
#### <a name="link"></a> `> link(from, to, opts, cb)`
If `from` is a real directory, and `from` is not the same directory as `to`, will
symlink `from` to `to`, while also gently [`rm`](#rm)ing the `to` directory,
and then call the callback. Otherwise, will call callback with an `Error`.
##### Example
```javascript
link(from, to, opts, cb)
```
#### <a name="linkIfExists"></a> `> linkIfExists(from, to, opts, cb)`
Performs the same operation as [`link`](#link), except does nothing when `from` is the
same as `to`, and calls the callback.
##### Example
```javascript
linkIfExists(from, to, opts, cb)
```
