Dir.delete( string ) → 0
Dir.rmdir( string ) → 0
Dir.unlink( string ) → 0

Deletes the named directory. Raises a subclass of SystemCallError if the directory isn’t empty.

Source Code

/*
*  call-seq:
*     Dir.delete( string ) => 0
*     Dir.rmdir( string ) => 0
*     Dir.unlink( string ) => 0
*
*  Deletes the named directory. Raises a subclass of
*  <code>SystemCallError</code> if the directory isn't empty.
*/
static VALUE
dir_s_rmdir(obj, dir)
   VALUE obj, dir;
{
   check_dirname(&dir);
   if (rmdir(RSTRING(dir)->ptr) < 0)
       rb_sys_fail(RSTRING(dir)->ptr);

   return INT2FIX(0);
}