DeleteDirectory

Deletes the specified directory (or only its contents when OnlyChildren is True).

Declaration

Source position: fileutil.pas line 58

function DeleteDirectory(

const DirectoryName: string;

OnlyChildren: Boolean

):Boolean;

`DirectoryName`		The name of the directory for processing.
`OnlyChildren`		If True, only the contents ('children') of the directory are removed.

Returns True if the directory or its contents were correctly removed.

Returns True when the specified entries are deleted on the local file system. Returns False when:

DirectoryName is one of the relative path indicators like '.' or '..'
DirectoryName is an empty string ('')
DirectoryName does not exist on the local file system
The process does not have permissions needed to delete the directory or its content

Version 3.2

Generated 2024-02-25