This is part of Family API which allow to create dual-os version of program runs under OS/2 and DOS

Note: This is legacy API call. It is recommended to use 32-bit equivalent

DosRmDir

This call removes a subdirectory from the specified disk.

Syntax

DosRmDir (DirName, Reserved)

Parameters

DirName (PSZ) - input : Address of the fully qualified path name of the subdirectory being removed.

Reserved (ULONG) - input : Reserved must be set to zero.

Return Code

rc (USHORT) - return

Return code descriptions are:

0 NO_ERROR

2 ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

3 ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND

5 ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED

16 ERROR_CURRENT_DIRECTORY

26 ERROR_NOT_DOS_DISK

87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER

108 ERROR_DRIVE_LOCKED

206 ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE

Remarks

The subdirectory must be empty, which means it cannot contain hidden files or directory entries other than the “.” and “..” entries. Files can be deleted with DosDelete.

The root directory and current directory cannot be removed.

Example Code

C Binding

#define INCL_DOSFILEMGR USHORT rc = DosRmDir(DirName, Reserved); PSZ DirName; /* Directory name string */ ULONG 0; /* Reserved (must be zero) */ USHORT rc; /* return code */

MASM Binding

EXTRN DosRmDir:FAR INCL_DOSFILEMGR EQU 1 PUSH@ ASCIIZ DirName ;Directory name string PUSH DWORD 0 ;Reserved (must be zero) CALL DosRmDir

Returns WORD

Note

Text based on http://www.edm2.com/index.php/DosRmDir

Family API
DOS	Process Manager	DosBeep DosExit DosSleep DosExecPgm
File Manager	DosChDir DosChgFilePtr DosClose DosDelete DosDupHandle DosMkDir DosMove DosQCurDir DosQCurDisk DosSetFileMode DosOpen DosQFileInfo DosRead DosQFileMode DosQFSInfo DosQVerify DosRmDir DosSelectDisk DosFindClose DosFindFirst DosFindNext DosSetFileInfo DosSetVerify DosWrite DosFileLocks DosSetFHandState DosNewSize DosBufReset DosQFHandState DosSetFSinfo DosShutdown
Memory Manager	DosFreeSeg DosSubAlloc DosSubFree DosSubSet DosAllocHuge DosAllocSeg DosReallocHuge DosReallocSeg DosGetHugeShift DosCreateCSAlias
NLS	DosCaseMap DosGetCtryInfo DosGetDBCSEv DosSetCtryCode DosGetCollate DosGetMessage DosInsMessage DosPutMessage
Date and Time	DosSetDateTime DosGetDateTime
Devices	DosDevConfig DosDevIOCtl DosDevIOCtl2
Signals	DosHoldSignal DosSetSigHandler
Misc	BadDynLink DosGetEnv DosGetMachineMode DosGetVersion DosError DosErrClass DosSetVec
KBD	KbdCharIn KbdFlushBuffer KbdGetStatus KbdSetStatus KbdStringIn KbdPeek
VIO	VioGetBuf VioGetConfig VioGetCurPos VioGetCurType VioGetPhysBuf VioReadCellStr VioReadCharStr VioScrollUp VioScrollDn VioScrollLf VioScrollRt VioScrUnLock VioSetCurPos VioSetCurType VioSetMode VioGetMode VioShowBuf VioWrtCellStr VioWrtCharStr VioWrtCharStrAtt VioWrtNAttr VioWrtNCell VioWrtNChar VioWrtTTY VioScrLock VioPopUp
Tools	BIND
Modules	DOSCALLS.DLL VIOCALLS.DLL KBDCALLS.DLL MSG.DLL
Libraries	API.LIB OS2386.LIB FAPI.LIB DOSCALLS.LIB SUBCALLS.LIB