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Operating Systems AIX Deleting a Directory Post 302966987 by Don Cragun on Thursday 18th of February 2016 01:05:04 PM
Old 02-18-2016
As a wild guess, I would say that instead of using the command:
Code:
rmdir my work

you need to use the command:
Code:
rmdir "my work"

but, without seeing what you tried, what error messages you received, knowing whether or not the directory you're trying to remove is empty, knowing the permissions of the directory to be removed and the permissions of its parent directory and the effective user and group IDs you are using when you try to remove that directory; any guess is just wild speculation.
 

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RMDIR(3)								 1								  RMDIR(3)

rmdir - Removes directory

SYNOPSIS
bool rmdir (string $dirname, [resource $context]) DESCRIPTION
Attempts to remove the directory named by $dirname. The directory must be empty, and the relevant permissions must permit this. A E_WARN- ING level error will be generated on failure. PARAMETERS
o $dirname - Path to the directory. o $context - Note Context support was added with PHP 5.0.0. For a description of contexts, refer to "Streams". RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+ |Version | | | | | | | Description | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ | 5.0.0 | | | | | | | As of PHP 5.0.0 rmdir(3) can also be used with | | | some URL wrappers. Refer to "Supported Protocols | | | and Wrappers" for a listing of which wrappers | | | support rmdir(3). | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ EXAMPLES
Example #1 rmdir(3) example <?php if (!is_dir('examples')) { mkdir('examples'); } rmdir('examples'); ?> NOTES
Note When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the directory in which the script is operating has the same UID (owner) as the script that is being executed. SEE ALSO
is_dir(3), mkdir(3), unlink(3). PHP Documentation Group RMDIR(3)
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