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- RMDIR Used to delete directories that are no
- longer being used. (Can be abbrev as RD).
-
- Format: RMDIR or RD [D:]Path:DirName
-
- Example: RMDIR \OLDDIR
-
- Deletes (REMOVES) the directory named OLDDIR on the
- CURRENT drive. As with all directories that you
- wish to remove, it must NOT contain any files.
-
- Example: RMDIR \OLDDIR\DATA
-
- Deletes the subdirectory named \OLDDIR\DATA on the
- CURRENT drive.The \OLDDIR directory is the PARENT
- directory of the \OLDDIR\DATA subdirectory and will
- still exist after the removal of the \OLDDIR\DATA
- subdirectory.
-
- Example: RMDIR A:\DATABAK
-
- Deletes the subdirectory named DATABAK on the disk-
- ette in drive A:.
-
-
- [*] The ROOT directory on the disk is designated by
- the "\" character. The "\" designates that it is
- a directory and the absense of a name shows that
- it is the first, or ROOT, on the disk.
-
- [*] In order to remove a directory, it must be EMPTY
- of all files and not have any subdirectories below
- it that have not also been removed. Sometimes it
- is necessary to use utility programs that can
- detect and delete HIDDEN files in order to erase
- them so that a directory can be removed.