Reference: rmtree
Author: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
Date: 1999-07-02T01:47:10Z

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| Chapter 8 Standard Modules |

## rmtree

    rmtree (root, prt, skip)

Deletes subtrees from the directory structure, returning the number of files successfully deleted. Symbolic links are treated as ordinary files. Takes the following arguments:

root

  Root of the subtree to delete or reference to a list of roots. The roots, and all files and directories below each root, are deleted.

prt

  Boolean. If true, `rmtree` prints a message for each file, with the name of the file and whether it's using `rmdir` or `unlink` to remove it (or if it's skipping the file). Default is false.

skip

  Boolean. If true, `rmtree` skips any files to which you do not have delete access (under VMS) or write access (under other operating systems). Default is false.

Reference: mkpath |  | 8.74 File::Path