PERL rmdir Function

Syntax

Definition and Usage

Deletes the directory specified by EXPR, or $_ if omitted. Only deletes the directory if the directory is empty.

Return Value

• 0 on failure

• 1 on success

Example

Create one directory testdir inside /tmp and Try out following example:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

rmdir ("/tmp/testdir") || die ("error in deleting directory: $?");

It will produce following results:

If directory is empty then it will be deleted
otherwise error message will be generated.