rmdir

Syntax

rmdir(dir, [recursive=false], [keepRootDir=false])

Arguments

directory is the the path of the directory to be deleted.

recursive (optional) specifies whether to delete a non-empty directory. The default value is false.

keepRootDir (optional) is a Boolean value that specifies whether to keep the root directory. The default value is false. When it is set to true, only subdirectories and files are deleted.

Note: If keepRootDir is set to true, then recursive must be set to true.

Details

rmdir(directory): delete an empty directory.

rmdir(directory, true): delete a non-empty directory.

It must be executed by a logged-in user.

Examples

files("/home/test");
filename isDir fileSize lastAccessed lastModified
dir1 1 0 1496650004836 1496650004836
dir2 1 0 1496650002210 1496650002210
dir3 1 0 1496649999597 1496649999597
// delete a directory. dir1 is empty, dir2 is not empty.
rmdir("/home/test/dir1");
rmdir("/home/test/dir2");

Failed to remove directory [/home/test/dir2] with error code 145

// Delete a directory recursively
rmdir("/home/test/dir2", true);

files("/home/test");
filename isDir fileSize lastAccessed lastModified
dir3 1 0 1496649999597 1496649999597