FileDelete Function

Format

i = filedelete(file_name);

Description

The filedelete function deletes a file or group of files. The argument file_name is either a string expression or string List giving a file name or names, or is a file handler declared in a File statement.

You can use the wildcard characters "*" and "?" to specify a group of files to delete.

Return Value

The function returns the number of files deleted. If there was an error deleting files, the function returns default.

Example

// delete file "Household.csdb" from the backups folder
filedelete(pathconcat(Application, "Backups/Household.csdb"));

// delete all data from the backups folder
filedelete(pathconcat(Application, "Backups/*.csdb"));