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| -rw-r--r-- | library/std/src/fs.rs | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/library/std/src/fs.rs b/library/std/src/fs.rs index 555e8804eab..d846a4e5f09 100644 --- a/library/std/src/fs.rs +++ b/library/std/src/fs.rs @@ -2804,8 +2804,9 @@ pub fn remove_dir<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<()> { /// /// See [`fs::remove_file`] and [`fs::remove_dir`]. /// -/// `remove_dir_all` will fail if `remove_dir` or `remove_file` fail on any constituent paths, including the root path. +/// `remove_dir_all` will fail if `remove_dir` or `remove_file` fail on any constituent paths, including the root `path`. /// As a result, the directory you are deleting must exist, meaning that this function is not idempotent. +/// Additionally, `remove_dir_all` will also fail if the `path` is not a directory. /// /// Consider ignoring the error if validating the removal is not required for your use case. /// |