Removing a non empty directory programmatically in C or C++

Question

How to delete a non empty directory in C or C++? Is there any function? rmdir only deletes empty directory. Please provide a way without using any external library.

Answer 1

//======================================================
// Recursely Delete files using:
//   Gnome-Glib & C++11
//======================================================

#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 

using namespace std;

int DirDelete(const string& path)
{
   const gchar*    p;
   GError*   gerr;
   GDir*     d;
   int       r;
   string    ps;
   string    path_i;
   cout << "open:" << path << "\n";
   d        = g_dir_open(path.c_str(), 0, &gerr);
   r        = -1;

   if (d) {
      r = 0;

      while (!r && (p=g_dir_read_name(d))) {
          ps = string{p};
          if (ps == "." || ps == "..") {
            continue;
          }

          path_i = path + string{"/"} + p;


          if (g_file_test(path_i.c_str(), G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR) != 0) {
            cout << "recurse:" << path_i << "\n";
            r = DirDelete(path_i);
          }
          else {
            cout << "unlink:" << path_i << "\n";
            r = g_unlink(path_i.c_str());
          }
      }

      g_dir_close(d);
   }

   if (r == 0) {
      r = g_rmdir(path.c_str());
     cout << "rmdir:" << path << "\n";

   }

   return r;
}