rmdir

Synopsis

rmdir("olddir") or die "Cannot rmdir: $!";
rmdir $_;        # uses $_ if no argument

Description

Removes an empty directory.

Deletes the named directory, which must be empty. If no argument is given, uses $_. Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure. On failure, sets $! to the OS error code (e.g. ENOTEMPTY, ENOENT, EACCES).

Only empty directories can be removed; use File::Path::rmtree for recursive deletion.

See also

mkdir, unlink, File::Path