rmdir

Removes a directory.

Syntax

• rmdir(dirname)
• rmdir(dirname, 's')
• res = rmdir(dirname)
• res = rmdir(dirname, 's')
• [res, msg] = rmdir(dirname)
• [res, msg] = rmdir(dirname, 's')

Input argument

• dirname - a string: file or directory name.
• 's' - a string: removes also subdirectories.

Output argument

• res - a logical: true or false.
• msg - a string: error message or ''.

Description

res = rmdir(dirname) removes the directory dirname.

If the directory is not empty, you must use the s argument.

Example

mkdir([tempdir(), 'test'])
rmdir([tempdir(), 'test'])

See also

isdir, mkdir.

History

Author

Allan CORNET