Deleting a directory

rmdir()

Delete a directory

SYNTAX

rmdir(pathname)

The rmdir() function deletes the directory specified in pathname, which may be a string constant or a string expression. The directory must be empty.

The function returns 0 if successful, otherwise it returns -1 and assigns the operating system error code to sys.Errno.

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NOTES

• The pathname can reference kfserver | kfservnt, the Sculptor keyfile server programs. See Servers.

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EXAMPLE

if (rmdir(TempIndexDirPath) <> 0) {
     error "Unable to delete temporary directory " + TempIndexDirPath / ""
}

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RELATED TOPICS

File and directory handling functions