diff --git a/Changelog.txt b/Changelog.txt
index 09c98fc..da89d76 100644
--- a/Changelog.txt
+++ b/Changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
+0.2.12
+
+2021-08-19  Brecht Sanders  https://github.com/brechtsanders/
+
+  * fix dirtrav_recursive_delete() and dirtravw_recursive_delete() to delete as much as possible on failure
+
 0.2.11
 
+2021-08-18  Brecht Sanders  https://github.com/brechtsanders/
+
+  * fix build for non-Windows operating systems
+
 0.2.10
 
 2021-08-18  Brecht Sanders  https://github.com/brechtsanders/
diff --git a/include/dirtrav_version.h b/include/dirtrav_version.h
index 311db60..816d919 100644
--- a/include/dirtrav_version.h
+++ b/include/dirtrav_version.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 /*! \brief minor version number */
 #define DIRTRAV_VERSION_MINOR 2
 /*! \brief micro version number */
-#define DIRTRAV_VERSION_MICRO 11
+#define DIRTRAV_VERSION_MICRO 12
 /*! @} */
 
 /*! \cond PRIVATE */
diff --git a/src/dirtrav.c b/src/dirtrav.c
index 1495d5c..62f09b7 100644
--- a/src/dirtrav.c
+++ b/src/dirtrav.c
@@ -480,39 +480,40 @@ DLL_EXPORT_DIRTRAV int DIRTRAVFN(traverse_path_parts) (const DIRCHAR* startpath,
 int DIRTRAVFN(recursive_delete_file_callback) (DIRTRAVFN(entry) info)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-  if (DIRWINFN(DeleteFile)(info->fullpath))
+  if (!DIRWINFN(DeleteFile)(info->fullpath))
 #else
-  if (unlink(info->fullpath) == 0)
+  if (unlink(info->fullpath) != 0)
 #endif
-    return 0;
-  return 1;
+    *((int*)info->callbackdata) |= 1;
+  return 0;
 }
 
 int DIRTRAVFN(recursive_delete_folder_callback) (DIRTRAVFN(entry) info)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-  if (DIRWINFN(RemoveDirectory)(info->fullpath))
+  if (!DIRWINFN(RemoveDirectory)(info->fullpath))
 #else
-  if (rmdir(info->fullpath) == 0)
+  if (rmdir(info->fullpath) != 0)
 #endif
-    return 0;
-  return 2;
+    *((int*)info->callbackdata) |= 2;
+  return 0;
 }
 
 int DIRTRAVFN(recursive_delete) (const DIRCHAR* path)
 {
-  int result;
+  int status = 0;
   if (!path || !*path)
     return -2;
-  if ((result = DIRTRAVFN(traverse_directory)(path, DIRTRAVFN(recursive_delete_file_callback), NULL, DIRTRAVFN(recursive_delete_folder_callback), NULL)) == 0) {
+  DIRTRAVFN(traverse_directory)(path, DIRTRAVFN(recursive_delete_file_callback), NULL, DIRTRAVFN(recursive_delete_folder_callback), (void*)&status);
+  if (status != 0)
+    return status;
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    if (!DIRWINFN(RemoveDirectory)(path))
+  if (!DIRWINFN(RemoveDirectory)(path))
 #else
-    if (rmdir(path) != 0)
+  if (rmdir(path) != 0)
 #endif
-      return -1;
-  }
-  return result;
+    return (2 | 4);
+  return 0;
 }
 
 int DIRTRAVFN(make_full_path_callback) (DIRTRAVFN(entry) info)