B4P Reference

Function Names

rmdir, rd

Description

This function removes a directory. It will only work Both rmdir and rd do exactly the same.

These functions are ideally suited for interactive use.

Call as: procedure

Restrictions

Indirect parameter passing is disabled

Parameter count

Parameters

No.	Type	Description
1 input	string	direcory name Specify the name of an existing and empty directory.

Exceptions

Specified working directory does not exist, is not empty or is not accessible, will be printed out as a short message

Examples

      include( Short Commands Library );

      md( My Folder 1 ); // Create 5 directories

      mkdir( My Folder 2 ); // Create 5 directories

      if (system info[operating system]=Windows)

          system( 'dir /W "My Folder*"' ); // Show directory listing

      else:

          system( "ls 'My Folder'* " ); // Show directory listing

      rmdir( My Folder 1 );

      rd( My Folder 2 );

Output

 Datenträger in Laufwerk C: ist Windows 
 Volumeseriennummer: 96E3-BA76

 Verzeichnis von C:\Users\zur-b\OneDrive\Documents\Programme\Beyond4P\B4P_Docu_Maker

[My Folder 1] [My Folder 2] 
               0 Datei(en),              0 Bytes
               2 Verzeichnis(se), 76’157’911’040 Bytes frei

Try it yourself: Open LIB_Function_rmdir.b4p in B4P_Examples.zip. Decompress before use.

remove directory commands