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lightning PyPI Package Compromised in Supply Chain Attack
Socket detected a malicious supply chain attack on PyPI package lightning versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, which execute credential-stealing malware on import.
Command line util to safely clean a directory
This small command line tool uses trash to safely clean the current working directory or the directory specified.
$ npm install -g clean-dir
Cleans up the current working directory:
$ cleandir
Cleans a given directory:
$ cleandir ~/path-to-clean
Displays the help message:
$ cleandir --help
var cleandir = require('clean-dir');
cleandir('~/path-to-clean', function (err) {});
MIT © Ruy Adorno
FAQs
Command line util to safely clean a directory
The npm package clean-dir receives a total of 138 weekly downloads. As such, clean-dir popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that clean-dir demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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