DIRREMOVE()

Attempt to remove a directory

Syntax

      DIRREMOVE( <cDirectory> ) --> nError

Arguments

<cDirectory> The name of the directory you want to remove.

Returns

<nError> 0 if directory was successfully removed, otherwise the number of the last error.

Description

This function attempt to remove the specified directory in <cDirectory> If this function fails, it will return the last OS error code number. See FERROR() function for the description of the error.

Examples

      cDir := ".\backup"
      IF DirRemove( cDir ) == 0
         ? "Remove of directory", cDir, "was successfull"
      ENDIF

Tests

      See examples

Compliance

This function is CA-Cl*pper 5.3 compliant

Platforms

All

Files

Library is rtl

Seealso

MAKEDIR(), DIRCHANGE(), ISDISK(), DISKCHANGE(), DISKNAME(), FERROR()