RmDir Procedure |
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileSystem
RmDir( path)
The path of the folder to be removed
Removes a folder
You may include a drive letter in path ; if you don't specify a drive letter, the folder is assumed to be on the current drive.
path can be a fully qualified, relative, or UNC pathname.
If the folder contains files or other folders, RmDir will generate runtime error 75, "Path/File access error."
The following subroutine deletes all the files in a folder and removes its subfolders . If those contain files or folders, it deletes those too by recursively calling itself until all child folders and their files are removed.
Private Sub RemoveFolder(ByVal strFolder As String) Static blnLowerLevel As Boolean ' A recursive call - no ' need to prompt user Dim blnRepeated As Boolean ' Use Dir state info on ' repeated calls Dim strFile As String ' File/Directory contained in ' strFolder ' Delete all files Do strFile = Dir(strFolder & "\*.*", _ VbNormal Or VbHidden Or VbSystem) If strFile <> "" Then If Not blnLowerLevel Then If MsgBox("Delete files in directory " & _ strFolder & "?", vbQuestion Or vbOKCancel, _ "Confirm File Deletion") _ = vbCancel Then Exit Sub End If strFile = strFolder & "\" & strFile Kill(strFile) End If Loop While strFile <> "" ' Delete all directories Do If Not blnRepeated Then strFile = Dir(strFolder & "\*.*", VbDirectory) blnRepeated = True Else strFile = Dir( ) End If If strFile <> "" And _ strFile <> "." And strFile <> ".." Then If Not blnLowerLevel Then blnLowerLevel = True If MsgBox("Delete subdirectories of " & _ strFolder & "?", _ vbQuestion BitOr vbOKCancel, _ "Confirm Directory Deletion") _ = vbCancel Then Exit Sub End If RemoveFolder(strFolder & "\" & strFile) blnRepeated = False End If Loop While strFile <> "" RmDir(strFolder) End Sub
Use the Kill procedure to delete any remaining files from the folder prior to removing the folder.
The effects of using Kill and RmDir are irreversible, since these statements do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin.
MkDir Procedure