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class method

FileUtils.rmdir

rmdir(list, parents: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil)

Removes one or more directories.

Example
FileUtils.rmdir 'somedir'
FileUtils.rmdir %w(somedir anydir otherdir)
# Does not really remove directory; outputs message.
FileUtils.rmdir 'somedir', verbose: true, noop: true
See also #rmdir .rm .rm_f .remove_file also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1