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Function name : RemoveDirectory

Group: File Management - Library: kernel32

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The RemoveDirectory function deletes an existing empty directory. To recursively delete files and subdirectories in a directory, use the SHFileOperation function.

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Declaration:

BOOL RemoveDirectory(
  LPCTSTR lpPathName   // directory name
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER RemoveDirectory IN kernel32;
	STRING lpPathName  

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Parameters:

lpPathName [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the path of the directory to be removed. The path must specify an empty directory, and the calling process must have delete access to the directory

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero

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Comments:

To recursively delete the files in a directory, use the SHFileOperation function.

See also: RemoveDirectoryTransacted.

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