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Function `std.file.rmdirRecurse`

Remove directory and all of its content and subdirectories, recursively.


						
				void rmdirRecurse
				(
				

				  scope const(char)[] pathname
				

				) @safe;
				

				

				void rmdirRecurse
				(
				

				  scope ref DirEntry de
				

				) @safe;
				

				

				void rmdirRecurse
				(
				

				  scope DirEntry de
				

				) @safe;

Parameters

Name	Description
pathname	the path of the directory to completely remove
de	The `DirEntry` to remove

Throws

FileException if there is an error (including if the given file is not a directory).

Example

import std.path : buildPath;

auto dir = deleteme.buildPath("a", "b", "c");

dir.mkdirRecurse;
assert(dir.exists);

deleteme.rmdirRecurse;
assert(!dir.exists);
assert(!deleteme.exists);

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, Jonathan M Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.