3 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/butl/filesystem b/butl/filesystem
index 943a346..ab39f36 100644
--- a/butl/filesystem
+++ b/butl/filesystem
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ namespace butl
   try_rmdir_r (const dir_path&, bool ignore_error = false);
 
   // As above but throws rather than returns not_exist if the directory
-  // does not exist, so check before calling. If the second argument is
-  // false, the the directory itself is not removed.
+  // does not exist (unless ignore_error is true), so check before calling.
+  // If the second argument is false, then the directory itself is not removed.
   //
   void
-  rmdir_r (const dir_path&, bool dir = true);
+  rmdir_r (const dir_path&, bool dir = true, bool ignore_error = false);
 
   // Try to remove the file (or symlinks) returning not_exist if
   // it does not exist. Unless ignore_error is true, all other
diff --git a/butl/filesystem.cxx b/butl/filesystem.cxx
index 72e1812..a2d6434 100644
--- a/butl/filesystem.cxx
+++ b/butl/filesystem.cxx
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace butl
   }
 
   void
-  rmdir_r (const dir_path& p, bool dir)
+  rmdir_r (const dir_path& p, bool dir, bool ignore_error)
   {
     // An nftw()-based implementation (for platforms that support it)
     // might be a faster way.
@@ -121,16 +121,16 @@ namespace butl
       path ep (p / de.path ()); //@@ Would be good to reuse the buffer.
 
       if (de.ltype () == entry_type::directory)
-        rmdir_r (path_cast<dir_path> (ep));
+        rmdir_r (path_cast<dir_path> (ep), true, ignore_error);
       else
-        try_rmfile (ep);
+        try_rmfile (ep, ignore_error);
     }
 
     if (dir)
     {
       rmdir_status r (try_rmdir (p));
 
-      if (r != rmdir_status::success)
+      if (r != rmdir_status::success && !ignore_error)
         throw system_error (r == rmdir_status::not_empty ? ENOTEMPTY : ENOENT,
                             system_category ());
     }
diff --git a/butl/filesystem.ixx b/butl/filesystem.ixx
index 86f654c..c2bfa49 100644
--- a/butl/filesystem.ixx
+++ b/butl/filesystem.ixx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace butl
     bool e (dir_exists (p)); //@@ What if it exists but is not a directory?
 
     if (e)
-      rmdir_r (p, ignore_error);
+      rmdir_r (p, true, ignore_error);
 
     return e ? rmdir_status::success : rmdir_status::not_exist;
   }