rmdir
removes a directory
Syntax
rmdir(dirname) rmdir(dirname,'s') [status, message] = rmdir(dirname,'s')
Arguments
- dirname
a character string.
- 's'
a mark to remove directory
dirnamewith subdirectories.- status
a boolean.
- message
a character string: a message about an error.
Description
rmdir(dirname) removes the directory
dirname from the current directory. If the
directory is not empty, you must use the s argument. If
dirname is not in the current directory, specify
the relative path to the current directory or the full path for
dirname.
rmdir(dirname,'s') removes the directory dirname and its contents from the current directory.
[status, msg] = rmdir(dirname,'s') removes the
directory dirname and its contents from the
current directory, returning the status, and a message. Here,
status is 1 for success and is 0 for error.
Whatever the operating system, if the removing of directory
succeeds, the status is 1 and the message
message is empty.
Examples
mkdir(SCI,'Directory') rmdir(SCI+'/Directory')
See also
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