Delete a non empty directory

[Tranber44]

Hello,

The use of Files.RmDir does not allow, it seems to me, to delete a not empty directory, the parameters /s/q not being accepted. Is there a solution avoiding me erasing 500 files one by one?

Best regards

Bertrand Delassus

[DanB|Dyalog]

You are correct. This program assumes the directory is empty.
You can always do (under Windows)

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 ⎕CMD 'rmdir c:\folder\to\remove /s /q'

[PGilbert]

You can try the following with .Net that will erase a directory (and subdirectory) even when not empty:

      ⎕USING←',mscorlib.dll'
System.IO.Directory.Delete((⊂,path),1)

The full explanation of Directory.Delete is here.

[Tranber44]

@PGilbert : Thank you very much, it works perfectly.

Regards

Bertrand Delassus