Remove Directory

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Re: Remove Directory by gopalr (Priest) on Jul 20, 2005 at 06:17 UTC
Hi Have a look at File::Remove.	[reply]
Re^2: Remove Directory by jbrugger (Parson) on Jul 20, 2005 at 06:36 UTC
and File::Remove uses File::Path internally :) `use File::Path; rmtree(['foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 1);` [download] "We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise." - Larry Wall.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Remove Directory by NetWallah (Canon) on Jul 20, 2005 at 06:11 UTC
Please RTFM. From the documentation of unlink: unlink will not delete directories unless you are superuser and the -U flag is supplied to Perl. Even if these conditions are met, be warned that unlinking a directory can inflict damage on your filesystem. Use rmdir instead. "Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today." -- Herman Wouk	[reply]
Re^2: Remove Directory by polettix (Vicar) on Jul 20, 2005 at 08:43 UTC
... and just continuing along the RTFM line: `rmdir FILENAME rmdir Deletes the directory specified by FILENAME if that directory is empty. If it succeeds it returns true, otherwise it returns false and sets $! (errno). If FILENAME is omitted, uses $_.` [download] Flavio perl -ple'$_=reverse' <<<ti.xittelop@oivalf Don't fool yourself.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Remove Directory by Samy_rio (Vicar) on Jul 20, 2005 at 06:27 UTC
Hi, File::Remove is use to remove the directory eventhough if the directory contains files. `use File::Remove qw(remove); remove \1, ("c:\\test\\0521823730\\");` [download] I think, it helps you. Regards, Velusamy R.	[reply] [d/l]


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