See Also

Native.rmdir

Parameters

recursive

Specify true to delete all files and sub-directories in UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName; otherwise, specify false.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
InvalidOperationException	The filesystem containing UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName does not support the removal of file system entries. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EPERM] -or- The directory containing UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName has the FileSpecialAttributes.Sticky bit set and the process's UnixEnvironment.EffectiveUserId is neither the uid of the file to be deleted nor that of the directory containing it. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EPERM]
UnauthorizedAccessException	Write access to the directory containing UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName was not allowed for the processe's effective user id UnixEnvironment.EffectiveUserId. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EACCESS] -or- One of the directories in UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName did not have search (execute) permissions. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EACCESS]
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException	A component of UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName is not a directory. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ENOTDIR]
System.IO.FileNotFoundException	UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName does not exist. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ENOENT]
System.IO.IOException	UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName contains files other than '.' and '..' in it. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ENOTEMPTY] -or- An I/O error occurred while deleting the file system entry or deallocating the inode. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EIO] -or- The directory entry to be removed resides in a read-only file system. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EROFS]
System.IO.PathTooLongException	UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName was too long. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ENAMETOOLONG]
Mono.Unix.UnixIOException	Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ELOOP] -or- The directory to be removed is the mount point for a mounted filesystem. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EBUSY]

Remarks

false is the default value for the recursive parameter. Thus, UnixFileSystemInfo.Delete is not a recursive delete.

Requirements

Namespace: Mono.Unix
Assembly: Mono.Posix (in Mono.Posix.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0