RmDir

Remove directory when empty.

Declaration

Source position: systemh.inc line 1458

  procedure RmDir(const s: shortstring);  Overload;
  procedure RmDir(const s: RawByteString);  Overload;
  procedure RmDir(const s: unicodestring);  Overload;

Description

Rmdir removes the directory S.

Errors

Depending on the state of the {$I} switch, a runtime error can be generated if there is an error. In the {$I-} state, use IOResult to check for errors.

See also

Name Description
Chdir Change current working directory.
Mkdir Create a new directory.

Example

Program Example53;
{ Program to demonstrate the MkDir and RmDir functions. }
Const D : String[8] = 'TEST.DIR';
Var S : String;
begin
  Writeln ('Making directory ',D);
  Mkdir (D);
  Writeln ('Changing directory to ',D);
  ChDir (D);
  GetDir (0,S);
  Writeln ('Current Directory is : ',S);
  WRiteln ('Going back');
  ChDir ('..');
  Writeln ('Removing directory ',D);
  RmDir (D);
end.