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removedir

Remove a directory

Calling Sequence

removedir('dirname')
[status] = removedir('dirname','s')

Description

removedir('dirname') removes the directory dirname from the current directory. If the directory is not empty, files and subdirectories are removed. If dirname is not in the current directory, specify the relative path to the current directory or the full path for dirname.

[status] = removedir('dirname') removes the directory dirname and its contents from the current directory, returning the status. Here, status is %T for success and is %F for error.

removedir is used by rmdir.

Examples

createdir(SCIHOME+'/Directory_test')
removedir(SCIHOME+'/Directory_test')

See Also

  • mkdir — Make new directory
  • rmdir — Remove a directory

Authors

  • A.C
<< pwd Files : Input/Output functions rmdir >>

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