MATLAB Function Reference |
Graphical Interface
As an alternative to the rmdir
function, use the delete feature in the Current Directory browser.
Syntax
Description
rmdir('dirname')
removes the directory dirname
from the current directory. If the directory is not empty, you must use the s
argument. If dirname
is not in the current directory, specify the relative path to the current directory or the full path for dirname
.
rmdir('dirname','
removes the directory s
')
dirname
and its contents from the current directory. This removes all subdirectories and files in the current directory regardless of their write permissions.
[status, message, messageid] = rmdir('dirname','
removes the directory s
')
dirname
and its contents from the current directory, returning the status, a message, and the MATLAB error message ID (see error
and lasterr
). Here, status
is 1
for success and is 0
for error, and message
, messageid
, and the s
input argument are optional.
Remove Empty Directory
To remove myfiles
from the current directory, where myfiles
is empty, type
If the current directory is matlabr13/work
, and myfiles
is in d:/matlabr13/work/project/
, use the relative path to myfiles
Remove Directory and All Contents
To remove myfiles
, its subdirectories, and all files in the directories, assuming myfiles
is in the current directory, type
Remove Directory and Return Results
To remove myfiles
from the current directory, type
indicating the directory myfiles
is not empty.
To remove myfiles
and its contents, run
indicating myfiles
and its contents were removed.
See Also
cd
, copyfile
, delete
, dir
, error
, fileattrib
, filebrowser
, lasterr
, mkdir
, movefile
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