#!/usr/bin/perl --
use Path::Class::Rule;
my $source  = dir( 'x:\this\directory\name\is\empty' );
my $newdir = $dd->basename;
my $destination = dir( 'C:\temp' );

if( rmdir $dd ){
    my $newdir = dir( $destination, $newdir );
    if( mkdir $newdir ){
    } else {
        warn "Couldn't mkdir $newdir : $! $^E \n restoring $source ";
        mkdir $source or die "FAILED $! $^E";
    }
} else {
   die "Couldn't rmdir $dd : $! $^E";
}