Delete one or more files.
FileDelete ( "filename" )
| Filename | The path of the file(s) to delete. (* and ? wildcards accepted - See Remarks) |
| Success: | 1. |
| Failure: | 0 if files are not deleted or do not exist. |
See FileFindFirstFile() for a discussion about wildcards.
Note: If the "path" passed to FileDelete() is a folder, the files therein will be deleted just as if you had used the *.* mask.
Some file attributes can make the deletion impossible, if this is the case look at FileSetAttrib() to change the attributes of a file.
DirRemove, FileCopy, FileMove, FileRecycle, FileRecycleEmpty
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>
Example()
Func Example()
; Create a constant variable in Local scope of the filepath that will be read/written to.
Local Const $sFilePath = _WinAPI_GetTempFileName(@TempDir)
; Create a temporary file to read data from.
If Not FileWrite($sFilePath, "This is an example of using FileDelete.") Then
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "An error occurred whilst writing the temporary file.")
Return False
EndIf
; Display the contents of the file passing the filepath to FileRead instead of a handle returned by FileOpen.
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "Contents of the file:" & @CRLF & FileRead($sFilePath))
; Delete the temporary file.
Local $iDelete = FileDelete($sFilePath)
; Display a message of whether the file was deleted.
If $iDelete Then
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The file was successfuly deleted.")
Else
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "An error occurred whilst deleting the file.")
EndIf
EndFunc ;==>Example