Hello take a look a the Pear File_Find class require_once 'File/Find.php'; $fs = new File_Find; $data = $fs->maptree('my_dir'); $data[0] contains all directorys $data[1] all files $ok = 0; $err = 0; foreach ($data[1] as $key) { if (unlink($key)) { $ok++; } else { $err++; } } if there is an error ist is not able to delete the directorys // the first directory (in deep) must the last one sort($data[0]); foreach ($data[0] as $key) { if(rmdir($key)) .... } BR/Torsten -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php