deleting a directory

[Colin Mac]

I used what's below to delete a directory. It only deletes the directory if it's empty. How could I delete a directory and it's contents?

#include <unistd.h>

int main()
{
    rmdir("C:\\haha");
    return 0;
}

What OS are you using?

[Aia]

What OS are you using?

What OS use C:\? :)

[Colin Mac]

I'm using XP.

[Aia]

The command for deleting folder not empty is:

rmdir /S/Q directory.
The /S will delete directories not empty but asking for Y/N.
The /Q will not ask at all.

[Colin Mac]

Yeah, I don't think those work in a C program though.

[John A]

>Yeah, I don't think those work in a C program though.
Nope, you have to invoke them with system() calls, which is basically getting the operating system to do the task for you, although it does work...

This page uses a somewhat-ugly solution to achieve what you want, although the advantage is that you stay away from system() calls.
http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-p/files/folderdirectorymaintenance/article.php/c8999/

[Colin Mac]

I see, thanks for the help.