RMDIR D)+Removing Directories

Deletes a directory.

VERSION

PC-DOS 2.0+

MS-DOS equivalent: RMDIR D) (2.0+)

TYPE

Internal

SYNTAX

RMDIR [d:]path

or

RD [d:]path

OPTIONS

[d:]path Specifies the drive and path of the directory

to be removed.

RD is used to remove a subdirectory that is no longer

required.

EXAMPLE

RD C:\WP\FILES\LETTERS

deletes the subdirectory LETTERS.

MESSAGE

Invalid path, not directory,

or directory not empty

Either one of the names you specified was not a directory or was

the current directory (which you cannot remove), or the directory

you are trying to remove still contains files (other than the .

and .. files) and/or subdirectories. Either check the directory

name, change to a different directory, or delete the contents of

the directory and then reissue the RMDIR command.

UNDO

Use the MKDIR command to recreate a subdirectory that you

removed in error.

NOTE

Only empty subdirectories may be removed. A subdirectory is

empty when . and .. are the only entries in it. Remove all files

from a subdirectory by using the DEL or ERASE command first. Only

the last subdirectory in the path you specify will be removed.

You cannot remove the subdirectory you are currently in; you must

change to another directory first. In addition, you cannot delete

the root directory.

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SEE ALSO

CHDIR Command

DEL (DELETE) and ERASE Commands

MKDIR Command

PATH Command

TREE Command