Directory.Delete Method (String, Boolean, Boolean)

DirectoryDelete Method (String, Boolean, Boolean)

[AlphaFS] Deletes the specified directory and, if indicated, any subdirectories in the directory.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0

Syntax

public static void Delete(
	string path,
	bool recursive,
	bool ignoreReadOnly
)

Public Shared Sub Delete ( 
	path As String,
	recursive As Boolean,
	ignoreReadOnly As Boolean
)

public:
static void Delete(
	String^ path, 
	bool recursive, 
	bool ignoreReadOnly
)

static member Delete : 
        path : string * 
        recursive : bool * 
        ignoreReadOnly : bool -> unit

path: Type: SystemString
The name of the directory to remove.
recursive: Type: SystemBoolean
to remove directories, subdirectories, and files in path. otherwise.
ignoreReadOnly: Type: SystemBoolean
overrides read only FileAttributes of files and directories.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The path parameter contains invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces.
ArgumentNullException
DirectoryNotFoundException

Remarks

MSDN: .NET 4+ Trailing spaces are removed from the end of the path parameter before deleting the directory.