[Issue 10529] New: rmdirRecurse should have an optional force parameter for read-only file removal

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           Summary: rmdirRecurse should have an optional force parameter
                    for read-only file removal
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: nobody at puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: andrej.mitrovich at gmail.com


--- Comment #0 from Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich at gmail.com> 2013-07-03 09:22:37 PDT ---
On win32 rmdirRecurse will fail if a file in the directory has the read-only
attribute set. The win32 API says such a file needs to have its read-only
attribute removed, however Phobos lacks a 'setFileAttributes' function.

I propose we add an optional 'force' enum or boolean to rmdirRecurse, which
will force removal of read-only files by removing the read-only attribute.

This probably means other related functions like 'remove' will need to have
this optional parameter.

Additionally we should provide a setAttributes function

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