30
Input/output library
[input.output]
30.10
File systems
[filesystems]
30.10.15
Filesystem operation functions
[fs.op.funcs]
30.10.15.31
Remove all
[fs.op.remove_all]
🔗
uintmax_t remove_all(const path& p); uintmax_t remove_all(const path& p, error_code& ec) noexcept;
1
#
Effects:
Recursively deletes the contents of
p
if it exists, then deletes file
p
itself, as if by POSIX
remove()
.
[
 
Note
:
A symbolic link is itself removed, rather than the file it resolves to
.
—
 
end note
 
]
2
#
Postconditions:
!exists(symlink_status(p))
.
3
#
Returns:
The number of files removed
.
The signature with argument
ec
returns
static_cast< uintmax_t>(-1)
if an error occurs
.
4
#
Throws:
As specified in
[fs.err.report]
.