Use docker to root remove the local directory.

src/main.cpp

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         // handle running a command. 
         std::set<std::string> commands;
         get_all_used_commands(commands);
-        commands.merge(std::set<std::string>{"ssh","edit","_allservicesstatus"}); // handled by service_runner, but not in template_shell_commands.
+        commands.merge(std::set<std::string>{"ssh","edit","_allservicesstatus","fullnuke"}); // handled by service_runner, but not in template_shell_commands.
 
         if (commands.count(cmd)) {
             std::set<std::string> safe_commands = {"nuke", "fullnuke"};

src/service_runner.cpp

@@ -156,10 +156,22 @@ bool service_runner::nuke()
     else 
     {
         // try uninstalling.
-        mServerEnv.run_remote_template_command(mService, "uninstall", {});
+        if (gTemplateManager().template_command_exists(mServiceInfo.template_name, "uninstall"))
-        mServerEnv.run_remote_template_command(mService, "nuke", {});
+            if (!mServerEnv.run_remote_template_command(mService, "uninstall", {}))
+                std::cerr << "Warning: Uninstall script failed, but continuing with directory removal" << std::endl;
 
-        std::string rm_cmd = "rm -rf " + quote(remotepath::service(mServer, mService));
+        // try nuke script.
+        if (gTemplateManager().template_command_exists(mServiceInfo.template_name, "nuke"))
+            if (!mServerEnv.run_remote_template_command(mService, "nuke", {}))
+                std::cerr << "Warning: Nuke script failed, but continuing with directory removal" << std::endl;
+
+        // try rm -rf.
+        std::string remotedir = remotepath::service(mServer, mService);
+        std::string remoteparentdir = get_parent(remotedir);
+        std::string remotechilddir = get_child(remotedir);
+
+        std::string cmd = quote("rm -rf /parent/"+remotechilddir);
+        std::string rm_cmd = "docker run --rm -v "+quote(remoteparentdir)+":/parent debian bash -c "+cmd;
         if (!mServerEnv.execute_ssh_command(rm_cmd)) {
             std::cerr << "Failed to remove service directory" << std::endl;
             return false;
@@ -168,7 +180,6 @@ bool service_runner::nuke()
 
     std::cout << "Service " << mService << " successfully nuked from " << mServer << std::endl;
 
-
     std::cout << "There's nothing left on the remote server." << std::endl;
     std::cout << "You can remove the local files with:" << std::endl;
     std::cout << "   rm -rf " << localpath::service(mServer,mService) << std::endl;
@@ -178,9 +189,13 @@ bool service_runner::nuke()
 
 bool service_runner::fullnuke()
 {
-    if (!mServerEnv.is_valid()) return false; // should never hit this.
+    if (!nuke())
+    {
+        std::cerr << "Warning: Nuke script failed, aborting fullnuke!" << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
 
-    std::string local_service_path = localpath::service(mServer,mService);
+    std::string local_service_path = mServiceInfo.local_service_path;
     if (local_service_path.empty() || !fs::exists(local_service_path)) {
         std::cerr << "Error: Service directory not found: " << local_service_path << std::endl;
         return false;
@@ -216,6 +231,9 @@ bool service_runner::run_command(const std::string& command, std::vector<std::st
         return true;
     }
 
+    if (command == "fullnuke") 
+        return fullnuke();
+
     if (!gTemplateManager().template_command_exists(mServiceInfo.template_name, command)) {
         std::cout << "No command script for " << mServiceInfo.template_name << " : " << command << std::endl;
         return true; // nothing to run.

src/utils/directories.cpp

@@ -153,11 +153,18 @@ namespace remotepath {
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Utility functions
 
-std::string get_parent(const std::string &path)
+std::string get_parent(const std::filesystem::path path)
 {
     if (path.empty())
         return std::string();
-    return fs::path(path).parent_path().string();
+    return path.parent_path().string();
+}
+
+std::string get_child(const std::filesystem::path path)
+{
+    if (path.empty())
+        return std::string();
+    return path.filename().string();
 }
 
 } // namespace dropshell

src/utils/directories.hpp

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define DIRECTORIES_HPP
 
 #include <string>
+#include <filesystem>
 
 namespace dropshell {
 
@@ -89,8 +90,8 @@ namespace dropshell {
 
     //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // utility functions
-    std::string get_parent(const std::string &path);
+    std::string get_parent(const std::filesystem::path path);
-    
+    std::string get_child(const std::filesystem::path path);
 } // namespace dropshell