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  • rmdir FILENAME

  • rmdir

    Deletes the directory specified by FILENAME if that directory is empty. If it succeeds it returns true; otherwise it returns false and sets $! (errno). If FILENAME is omitted, uses $_ .

    To remove a directory tree recursively (rm -rf on Unix) look at the rmtree function of the File::Path module.

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