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DeleteDirectory

Usage

• DeleteDirectory["dir"] deletes the specified directory.


Notes

• DeleteDirectory["dir", DeleteContents -> True] deletes dir and all files and directories that it contains.
• DeleteDirectory["dir"] deletes the directory dir only if it contains no files.
• DeleteDirectory returns Null if it succeeds in deleting a directory, and $Failed if it fails.
• See Section 2.12.6.
• See also: CreateDirectory, DeleteFile.
• New in Version 2.


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