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C Library Functions  - system_rmdir (3)

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NAME

system_rmdir(3f) - [M_system:FILE_SYSTEM] call rmdir(3c) to remove empty directories (LICENSE:PD)

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Examples
Author
License

SYNOPSIS

function system_rmdir(dirname) result(err)

     character(*),intent(in) :: dirname
     integer(c_int) :: err

DESCRIPTION

DIRECTORY
	The name of a directory to remove if it is empty
err	zero (0) if no error occurred

EXAMPLES

Sample program:

   program demo_system_rmdir
   use M_system, only : system_perror
   use M_system, only : system_rmdir, system_mkdir
   use M_system, only : RWX_U
   implicit none
   integer :: ierr
   write(*,*)’BEFORE TRY TO CREATE _scratch/’
   call execute_command_line(’ls -ld _scratch’)

   write(*,*)’TRY TO CREATE _scratch/’
   ierr=system_mkdir(’_scratch’,RWX_U)
   write(*,*)’IERR=’,ierr
   call execute_command_line(’ls -ld _scratch’)

   write(*,*)’TRY TO REMOVE _scratch/’
   ierr=system_rmdir(’_scratch’)
   write(*,*)’IERR=’,ierr
   call execute_command_line(’ls -ld _scratch’)

   write(*,*)’TRY TO REMOVE _scratch when it should be gone/’
   ierr=system_rmdir(’_scratch’)
   call system_perror(’*test of system_rmdir*’)
   write(*,*)’IERR=’,ierr
   call execute_command_line(’ls -ld _scratch’)

   end program demo_system_rmdir

Expected output:

AUTHOR

John S. Urban

LICENSE

Public Domain

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Nemo Release 3.1

system_rmdir (3)

February 23, 2025

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