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This is part of Family API which allow to create dual-os version of program runs under OS/2 and DOS

Note: This is legacy API call. It is recommended to use 32-bit equivalent

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DosRmDir

This call removes a subdirectory from the specified disk.

Syntax

DosRmDir (DirName, Reserved)

Parameters

Return Code

rc (USHORT) - return

Return code descriptions are:

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.

Example Code

C Binding

  #define INCL_DOSFILEMGR
 
  USHORT  rc = DosRmDir(DirName, Reserved);
 
  PSZ              DirName;       /* Directory name string */
  ULONG            0;             /* Reserved (must be zero) */
 
  USHORT           rc;            /* return code */

MASM Binding

  EXTRN  DosRmDir:FAR
  INCL_DOSFILEMGR     EQU 1
 
  PUSH@  ASCIIZ  DirName       ;Directory name string
  PUSH   DWORD   0             ;Reserved (must be zero)
  CALL   DosRmDir

Returns WORD

Note

Text based on http://www.edm2.com/index.php/DosRmDir