RemoveDirectory PowerScript function

Removes a
directory.

<span>RemoveDirectory</span> ( <span>directoryname</span> )

1	<span>RemoveDirectory</span> ( <span>directoryname</span> )

Argument	Description
directoryname	String for the name of the directory you want to remove. If you do not specify an absolute path, this function deletes relative to the current working directory.

Integer. Returns 1 if the function succeeds
and -1 if an error occurs.

The directory must be empty and must not be the current directory
for this function to succeed.

This example removes a subdirectory from the current
directory:

string  ls_path="my targets"

1	string ls_path="my targets"

integer li_filenum

1	integer li_filenum

li_filenum = <span>RemoveDirectory</span> ( ls_path )<br>If li_filename &lt;&gt; 1 then

1	li_filenum = <span>RemoveDirectory</span> ( ls_path )<br>If li_filename <> 1 then

MessageBox("Remove directory failed", &amp;

1	MessageBox("Remove directory failed", &

&#160;&#160;&#160;+ "Check that the directory exists, is empty, and " &amp;<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;+ "is not the current directory")

1	+ "Check that the directory exists, is empty, and " &<br>   + "is not the current directory")

else

else

MessageBox("Success", "Directory " + ls_path + &amp;

1	MessageBox("Success", "Directory " + ls_path + &

&#160; &#160;&#160;" deleted")

1	" deleted")

end if

end if

August 13, 2023

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