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rmdir

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rmdir(p1) public

Deletes the named directory. Raises a subclass of SystemCallError if the directory isn’t empty.

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     Dir.delete( string ) => 0
 *     Dir.rmdir( string ) => 0
 *     Dir.unlink( string ) => 0
 *
 *  Deletes the named directory. Raises a subclass of
 *  <code>SystemCallError</code> if the directory isn't empty.
 */
static VALUE
dir_s_rmdir(obj, dir)
    VALUE obj, dir;
{
    check_dirname(&dir);
    if (rmdir(RSTRING(dir)->ptr) < 0)
        rb_sys_fail(RSTRING(dir)->ptr);

    return INT2FIX(0);
}

April 22, 2011

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Remove non empty directories

To remove a non empty directory use FileUtils:

Dir.mkdir("test_dir")
Dir.mkdir("test_dir/sub_dir")
FileUtils.remove_dir("test_dir",true)

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