Remove Directory Method

The Remove Directory method removes a directory. It does not return a value. Note the following:

• The directory that it removes must be empty, except for the working directory or parent directory.

• It cannot remove the default directory. To remove the default directory, you must first make another directory current on the drive.

Format

RmDir[drive:][\directory\]directory

The following table describes the arguments that you can use with this method.

Argument	Description
drive	Optional. The name of the drive that contains the directory that this method removes. You can use a letter or a string expression that identifies the drive name.
\directory\	The path to the directory that this method removes. You can use this argument only if the Remove Directory method must not remove the directory from the following locations: On the current directory of the drive that the drive argument identifies On the default drive if you do not include the drive argument
directory	The name of the directory that this method removes.

Example

The following example makes a new temporary directory in the C:\ directory, and then deletes it:

Sub Button_Click
   Dim path as String
   On Error Resume Next
   path = CurDir(C)
   If path <> "C:\" then
      ChDir "C:\"
   End If
   MkDir "C:\TEMP01"
   If Err = 75 then
      Else
      RmDir "C:\TEMP01"
   End If
End Sub