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Version: 10.1

pc:DeleteDirectories

note

This article is about the pc:DeleteDirectories Blend directive.

pc:DeleteDirectories​

Deletes one or more specified directories and their contents and (if specified) their subdirectories.

Syntax

<pc:DeleteDirectories>
     <Directory dirpath="*folderpath*" recursive="*recursive*"/>
     ...
</pc:DeleteDirectories>

*recursive*  :=  { yes | no }

The required folderpath is a folderpath identifying, in each case, the folder to be deleted.

If recursive="yes" is passed, then files and subdirectories contained by the folder (if any) are automatically deleted along with the folder itself.

Example

<pc:DeleteDirectories>
     <Directory dirpath="{$serverdir}" recursive="yes"/>
     <Directory dirpath="{path:Combine($serverdir, '..', 'help')}" />
</pc:DeleteDirectories>

Errors​

  1. If folderpath is not found on the file system, the operation fails and returns the error message:
Could not find a part of the path folderpath.

In this case, if you have other <Directory> elements for which the folderpath is found, those directories are deleted, and the error message reads:

Deleted *n* directories. Could not find a part of the path *folderpath*.

To test ahead of time whether a directory exists, you can write:

...
<pc:assign-nodeset dirfound="{directories:DirectoryContent($mydir, '*', '0', '', '')}" />   
<pc:if-then test="$mydir/Directory">
  <pc:DeleteDirectories>
    <Directory dirpath="{$mydir}" />
  </pc:DeleteDirectories>
</pc:if-then>
…
  1. If recursive="no" (the default), and the folder contains at least one file or subdirectory, then the operation fails and returns the error message:
The directory is not empty.

In this case, if you have other <Directory> elements, the delete operation fails also for those other elements.