Name
rmtree
Synopsis
rmtree (root
, prt
, skip
)
Description
Deletes subtrees from the directory structure, returning the number of files successfully deleted. Symbolic links are treated as ordinary files. Takes the following arguments:
- root
Root of the subtree to delete or reference to a list of roots. The roots, and all files and directories below each root, are deleted.
- prt
Boolean. If true,
rmtree
prints a message for each file, with the name of the file and whether it’s usingrmdir
orunlink
to remove it (or if it’s skipping the file). Default is false.- skip
Boolean. If true,
rmtree
skips any files to which you do not have delete access (under VMS) or write access (under other operating systems). Default is false.
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