Q28443: Example of Calling OS/2 Function DosRmDir

Article: Q28443
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00 6.00b 7.00 | 6.00 6.00b 7.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 2-FEB-1990

The following is a sample program that makes OS/2 call to DosRmDir:

' The DosRmDir FUNCTION declaration is found in the file BSEDOSFL.BI

   DECLARE FUNCTION DosRmDir%(_
           BYVAL P1s AS INTEGER,_
           BYVAL P1o AS INTEGER,_
           BYVAL P2 AS LONG)

   DIM a AS LONG

   Input "Enter Directory to be removed : ";dr$
   dr$=dr$+chr$(0)

   x=DosRmdir(varseg(dr$),sadd(dr$),a)
   IF (x) THEN
      print "An error has occurred.  The error number is ";x
   ELSE
      print "Directory ";dr$;" was REMOVED"
   END IF
   END

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