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instance method

Pathname#rmdir

() -> 0

rmdir → 0

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/pathname_builtin.rb, line 2925
def rmdir() Dir.rmdir(@path) end

Deletes the directory at the path in self; returns 0:

Example

pn = Pathname('doc/foo')
pn.mkdir
pn.rmdir

Raises an exception if the entry at the path in self is not a directory, or if the directory is not empty.

Use method rmtree to delete the entire filetree at the path.

See also #rename #rmtree #relative_path_from #root? also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0