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<div style="border: 1px solid #808040; background-color:#f8f880; color:#000; padding:0.3em;"><b>Warning: </b>RMDir without the /r switch will only delete empty directories, no extra code is required.</div>


== Description ==
== Description ==
Here is a simple but useful function to delete a directory ONLY if it is empty.
Here is a simple but useful function to delete a directory ONLY if it is empty.
''' You can now delete empty directories by simply using RMDir without the /r switch.


== How To Use ==
== How To Use ==
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[[Category:Disk, Path & File Functions]]
[[Category:Deprecated]]

Latest revision as of 00:58, 19 June 2023

Author: camillo (talk, contrib)


Warning: RMDir without the /r switch will only delete empty directories, no extra code is required.


Description

Here is a simple but useful function to delete a directory ONLY if it is empty.

You can now delete empty directories by simply using RMDir without the /r switch.

How To Use

Put directory in $0 and call the function.

Example

StrCpy $0 "$SMPROGRAMS\PwStore"
Call un.DeleteDirIfEmpty

The Function

Function un.DeleteDirIfEmpty
  FindFirst $R0 $R1 "$0\*.*"
  strcmp $R1 "." 0 NoDelete
   FindNext $R0 $R1
   strcmp $R1 ".." 0 NoDelete
    ClearErrors
    FindNext $R0 $R1
    IfErrors 0 NoDelete
     FindClose $R0
     Sleep 1000
     RMDir "$0"
  NoDelete:
   FindClose $R0
FunctionEnd

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