DosRmDir

This call removes a subdirectory from the specified disk.

Syntax

DosRmDir (DirName, Reserved)

Parameters

DirName (PSZ) - input 

Address of the fully qualified path name of the subdirectory being removed.

Reserved (ULONG) - input 

Reserved must be set to zero.

Return Code

rc (USHORT) - return

Return code descriptions are:

• 0 NO_ERROR
• 2 ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
• 3 ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND
• 5 ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
• 16 ERROR_CURRENT_DIRECTORY
• 26 ERROR_NOT_DOS_DISK
• 87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
• 108 ERROR_DRIVE_LOCKED
• 206 ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE

Remarks

The subdirectory must be empty, which means it cannot contain hidden files or directory entries other than the "." and ".." entries. Files can be deleted with DosDelete.

The root directory and current directory cannot be removed.

Bindings

C

#define INCL_DOSFILEMGR

USHORT  rc = DosRmDir(DirName, Reserved);

PSZ     DirName;       /* Directory name string */
ULONG   0;             /* Reserved (must be zero) */

USHORT  rc;            /* return code */

MASM

EXTRN  DosRmDir:FAR
INCL_DOSFILEMGR     EQU 1

PUSH@  ASCIIZ  DirName       ;Directory name string
PUSH   DWORD   0             ;Reserved (must be zero)
CALL   DosRmDir

Returns WORD