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Ruby program to remove a specified directory
Last Updated : December 15, 2025
Problem Solution
In this program, we will remove a specified directory using Dir.rmdir() method.
Program/Source Code
The source code to remove a specified directory is given below. The given program is compiled and executed on Windows 10 Operating System successfully.
# Ruby program to remove
# a specified directory
puts Dir.exists?("mydir");
Dir.rmdir("mydir");
puts Dir.exists?("mydir");
Output
true
false
Explanation
In the above program, we used Dir.rmdir() method to remove the specified directory. Here we checked directory exists or not using Dir.exists?() method and print returned value.
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