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_rmdir, _wrmdir

Visual Studio .NET 2003

Delete a directory.

int _rmdir(
   const char *dirname 
);
int _wrmdir(
   const wchar_t *dirname 
);

Parameters

dirname: Path of directory to be removed.

Return Value

Each of these functions returns 0 if the directory is successfully deleted. A return value of –1 indicates an error, and errno is set to one of the following values:

ENOTEMPTY: Given path is not a directory; directory is not empty; or directory is either current working directory or root directory.
ENOENT: Path is invalid.
EACCESS: A program has an open handle to the directory.

See _doserrno, errno, _sys_errlist, and _sys_nerr for more information on these and other return codes.

Remarks

The _rmdir function deletes the directory specified by dirname. The directory must be empty, and it must not be the current working directory or the root directory.

_wrmdir is a wide-character version of _rmdir; the dirname argument to _wrmdir is a wide-character string. _wrmdir and _rmdir behave identically otherwise.

Generic-Text Routine Mappings

TCHAR.H routine	_UNICODE & _MBCS not defined	_MBCS defined	_UNICODE defined
_trmdir	_rmdir	_rmdir	_wrmdir

Requirements

Routine	Required header	Compatibility
_rmdir	<direct.h>	Win 98, Win Me, Win NT, Win 2000, Win XP
_wrmdir	<direct.h> or <wchar.h>	Win NT, Win 2000, Win XP

For additional compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.

Libraries

All versions of the C run-time libraries.

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