method

rmdir

ruby latest stable - Class: FileUtils

rmdir(list, parents: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil)

private

Removes one or more directories.

FileUtils.rmdir 'somedir'
FileUtils.rmdir %w(somedir anydir otherdir)
# Does not really remove directory; outputs message.
FileUtils.rmdir 'somedir', :verbose => true, :noop => true

# File lib/fileutils.rb, line 245
  def rmdir(list, parents: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil)
    list = fu_list(list)
    fu_output_message "rmdir #{parents ? '-p ' : ''}#{list.join ' '}" if verbose
    return if noop
    list.each do |dir|
      Dir.rmdir(dir = remove_trailing_slash(dir))
      if parents
        begin
          until (parent = File.dirname(dir)) == '.' or parent == dir
            dir = parent
            Dir.rmdir(dir)
          end
        rescue Errno::ENOTEMPTY, Errno::EEXIST, Errno::ENOENT
        end
      end
    end
  end

rmdir

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