Added a flag to specify if File::deleteRecursively should follow symlinks or not

modules/juce_core/files/juce_File.cpp

@@ -256,13 +256,13 @@ bool File::setExecutePermission (bool shouldBeExecutable) const
     return setFileExecutableInternal (shouldBeExecutable);
 }
 
-bool File::deleteRecursively() const
+bool File::deleteRecursively (bool followSymlinks) const
 {
     bool worked = true;
 
-    if (isDirectory())
+    if (isDirectory() && (followSymlinks || ! isSymbolicLink()))
         for (auto& f : findChildFiles (File::findFilesAndDirectories, false))
-            worked = f.deleteRecursively() && worked;
+            worked = f.deleteRecursively (followSymlinks) && worked;
 
     return deleteFile() && worked;
 }

modules/juce_core/files/juce_File.h

@@ -457,6 +457,9 @@ public:
         If this file is actually a directory, it may not be deleted correctly if it
         contains files. See deleteRecursively() as a better way of deleting directories.
 
+        If this file is a symlink, then the symlink will be deleted and not the target
+        of the symlink.
+
         @returns    true if the file has been successfully deleted (or if it didn't exist to
                     begin with).
         @see deleteRecursively
@@ -468,11 +471,14 @@ public:
         If this file is a directory, this will try to delete it and all its subfolders. If
         it's just a file, it will just try to delete the file.
 
-        @returns    true if the file and all its subfolders have been successfully deleted
-                    (or if it didn't exist to begin with).
+
+        @param followSymlinks If true, then any symlink pointing to a directory will also
+                              recursively delete the contents of that directory
+        @returns              true if the file and all its subfolders have been successfully
+                              deleted (or if it didn't exist to begin with).
         @see deleteFile
     */
-    bool deleteRecursively() const;
+    bool deleteRecursively (bool followSymlinks = false) const;
 
     /** Moves this file or folder to the trash.
 

modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h

@@ -428,11 +428,14 @@ bool File::setFileTimesInternal (int64 modificationTime, int64 accessTime, int64
 
 bool File::deleteFile() const
 {
-    if (! exists() && ! isSymbolicLink())
-        return true;
+    if (! isSymbolicLink())
+    {
+        if (! exists())
+            return true;
 
-    if (isDirectory())
-        return rmdir (fullPath.toUTF8()) == 0;
+        if (isDirectory())
+            return rmdir (fullPath.toUTF8()) == 0;
+    }
 
     return remove (fullPath.toUTF8()) == 0;
 }