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- Synopsis:
- $rmdir(<directory> [<directory> ...])
-
- Technical:
- This function unlinks the specified directories from the filesystem. As
- with the normal shell mechanism, the directory must be empty before it
- can be removed. Tilde-expansion is permitted.
-
- Practical:
- One practical use for this function might be to remove any temporary
- directories created by a script installation program. Other than that,
- there aren't many common uses for this function.
-
- Returns:
- 0 successfully removed all directories given
- >0 number of directories that could not be removed
-
- Examples:
- $rmdir(~/temp) returns 0 if ~/temp is empty
- $rmdir(~/temp /etc) probably will return 1, unless you're root
-
- See Also:
- mkdir(6)
-
- Bugs:
- When $rmdir() fails to some extent, it shows how many directories could
- not be removed, but does not say which ones. This isn't necessarily a
- bug, but it could be bothersome.
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