Function Reference


FileDelete

Delete one or more files.

FileDelete ( "filename" )

Parameters

Filename The path of the file(s) to delete. (* and ? wildcards accepted - See Remarks)

Return Value

Success: 1.
Failure: 0 if files are not deleted or do not exist.

Remarks

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.

Related

DirRemove, FileCopy, FileMove, FileRecycle, FileRecycleEmpty

Example

#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