delete-directory-and-files

Function

Package: excl

Arguments: directory &key if-does-not-exist quiet

Delete all the files in directory and all subdirectories of directory. directory itself is also removed. If if-does-not-exist is :ignore (the default) then no error will be signaled if directory does not exist. If quiet is nil, then informative text about the operations performed is printed.

See also os-interface.htm for general information on the interface between in Allegro CL and the operating system. See section Environment functions in that document for information on file and directory information and manipulation functions in Allegro CL.

The documentation is described in introduction.htm and the index is in index.htm.

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Created 2000.10.5.