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removeDirectory -- remove a directory

Usage:

removeDirectory dir
Inputs:
- dir, a string, a filename or path to a directory
Consequences:
- the directory is removed

Description

i1 : dir = temporaryFileName()

o1 = /tmp/M2-29789-0/0

i2 : makeDirectory dir

o2 = /tmp/M2-29789-0/0

i3 : readDirectory dir

o3 = {., ..}

o3 : List

i4 : removeDirectory dir

See also

readDirectory -- read the contents of a directory
makeDirectory -- make a directory

For the programmer

The object removeDirectory is a compiled function.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/functions/removeDirectory-doc.m2:19:0.