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RmDir procedure

In unit System

Remove directory when empty.

Declaration

pascal
procedure RmDir(const s: shortstring); 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

Example: ex53

pascal
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.

An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.