错误：npm rimraf 中的路径中存在非法字符

Question

I am getting an error while I tried to delete multiple directories using npm rimraf.

Error: Illegal characters in path

Command I run is rimraf **/lib/**

> ecommerce.ui@0.7.2 clean-libs
> rimraf **/lib/**

Error: Illegal characters in path.
    at pathArg (C:\Users\SUDARANGA\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v18.9.0\node_modules\rimraf\dist\cjs\src\path-arg.js:45:33)
    at C:\Users\SUDARANGA\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v18.9.0\node_modules\rimraf\dist\cjs\src\index.js:34:66       
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at C:\Users\SUDARANGA\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v18.9.0\node_modules\rimraf\dist\cjs\src\index.js:34:28       
    at main (C:\Users\SUDARANGA\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v18.9.0\node_modules\rimraf\dist\cjs\src\bin.js:134:11) 
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\SUDARANGA\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v18.9.0\node_modules\rimraf\dist\cjs\src\bin.js:143:5)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1119:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1173:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:997:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:838:12) {
  path: 'C:\\source\\Ecommerce.UI\\**\\lib\\**',
  code: 'EINVAL'
}

Answer 1

Version v4 of rimraf removed globbing support, but they might add it back as per rimraf/issues/249 .

If you're using rimraf just for the command line usage (ie using it as an npm command and not using the javascript API), then I've found that del-cli seems to be a good cross-platform replacement.