How to delete a directory

DraagonStorm

I've tried a lot of different ways... Some has shown no error, but still the directory is not being deleted... Help!

What I want to do is first verify the directory exists, and if it does, delete it.

Richard Haseltine

You've tried DzDir.rmDir() ?

DraagonStorm

Richard Haseltine said:

You've tried DzDir.rmDir() ?

Yes... Maybe I'm doing it wrong.. Can you post some sample code that you know works?

Richard Haseltine

This works - comment out the rmdir line on first run so you can see the folders created, then try it again and it will remove the expendable folder.

testDir = new DzDir( "c:/test/expendable" );
// If successful...
if ( testDir ) {
 // .... try to create the path, if it doesn't already exist
 if ( testDir.mkpath( "c:/test/expendable" ) ) {
  testDir.rmdir();
 }
}

DraagonStorm

Richard, Does the folder have to be empty to remove it?

Richard Haseltine

I would expect so, yes. It's like the DOS command, which as I recall worked only on empty folders (unlike killtree, or whatever it was, or the Windows delete key in Explorer)