Parameters

path

A string containing the name of the directory to delete. This directory must be writable and cannot contain files unless recursive is true.

recursive

Specify true to delete subdirectories and files in path; otherwise, specify false.

Permissions

Type	Reason
System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission	Requires permission to write to the specified directory. See System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermissionAccess.Write.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentException	path is a zero-length string, contains only white space, or contains one or more implementation-specific invalid characters.
ArgumentNullException	path is null.
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException	The specified path was not found.
System.IO.IOException	The directory specified by path is read-only, or recursive is false and path is not an empty directory.
System.Security.SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission.
System.IO.PathTooLongException	The length of path or the absolute path information for path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.
UnauthorizedAccessException	The caller does not have the required permission.

Remarks

The path argument is permitted to specify relative or absolute path information. Relative path information is interpreted as relative to the current working directory.

Note: To obtain the current working directory, see Directory.GetCurrentDirectory.

Requirements

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0