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FSandboxPlatformFile::DeleteDirectory

Deletes a directory This is partially copied from file manager but since [IPlatformFile](API\Runtime\Core\GenericPlatform\IPlatformFile) is lower level it's better to have local version which doesn't use the wrapped [IPlatformFile](API\Runtime\Core\GenericPlatform\IPlatformFile).

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References

Module	SandboxFile
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/SandboxFile/Public/IPlatformFileSandboxWrapper.h
Include	#include "IPlatformFileSandboxWrapper.h"
Source	/Engine/Source/Runtime/SandboxFile/Private/IPlatformFileSandboxWrapper.cpp

Syntax

bool DeleteDirectory
(
const TCHAR * Path,
bool Tree
)

Remarks

Deletes a directory This is partially copied from file manager but since IPlatformFile is lower level it's better to have local version which doesn't use the wrapped IPlatformFile.

Returns

true if the operaton was successful.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Path	Path to the directory to delete.
Tree	true to recursively delete the directory and its contents

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