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How to remove a specific file in Rails public folder?

Answer 1

+1 A:

Ruby's File class has a delete method:

File.delete(Rails.root + '/foo.jpg')

John Topley 2010-06-17 09:59:48

Thanks buddy. :)

siulamvictor 2010-06-17 10:07:33

Answer 2

+2 A:

Deleting it should be as simple as setting it to nil

# assuming...
has_attached_file :picture

@thing.picture = nil
@thing.save

or

@thing.update_attribute(:picture, nil)

and Paperclip will take care of it for you...

mylescarrick 2010-06-17 10:00:06

Thanks. I overlooked in Paperclip Readme and couldn't figure it out before. >.<

siulamvictor 2010-06-17 10:09:05

I like to define a delete_thing= method that looks for typical boolean form return values and deletes the photo if what's passed in is true.def delete_thing=(val) thing = nil if val =~ /true/on/1/; end

Jared 2010-06-17 14:11:39

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