how to delete folders not empty

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waqarrashid33 0 Newbie Poster

13 Years Ago

hello..
Can any one provide me the code in c++ of deleting the folders or a folder that is not empty..plzz

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Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster · Answer 1 · 2011-11-26T10:27:46+00:00

It depends on the operating system, but in MS-Windows you first have to empty the folder. Or you can call the shell command "rmdir -S" to remove all the files and folders. system("rmdir -S c:\mydir");