FileDelete ability to remove the file stream

[anonymous]

Simple API can delete :somedata stream
DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'bool', 'DeleteFileW', 'wstr', 'test.txt:somedata')

but FileDelete can`t
FileDelete('test.txt:somedata')

Test code:

FileClose(FileOpen('test.txt:somedata', 1))
FileDelete('test.txt:somedata') ;FALSE
DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'bool', 'DeleteFileW', 'wstr', 'test.txt:somedata') ;OK

Is it bug? or possible to improve the FileDelete?

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[Melba23]

Given that it is so simple to do, what is preventing you from writing a simple 2 line wrapper function to do this in your own scripts when needed? Why bloat the core function?

M23

[Matt Diesel]

Melba23,

I think AutoIt is almost certainly calling DeleteFile internally, this is just a change to the definition of a "path" when it comes to deleting files.

Since Jon is looking at the way paths are handled in internal functions at the moment hopefully this is a trivial fix that would make FileDelete a little more versatile.

Though it doesn't even require a custom function as _WinAPI_DeleteFile will already do this.

[J-Paul Mesnage]

Sorry for the late answer,
In fact the internal autoIt code handle wildcard so it involve a lot of internal change
So as _WinAPI_DeleteFile() is OK just use it for Metadata