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standard.C.io.remove

Name Version Deprecated
remove version 1.0 no

Prototype:
number remove(string path)

Parameters:
path      [in] Path of file to be removed

Description:
The remove function deletes the file or directory specified by path. All handles to a file must be closed before it can be deleted. See also _unlink and _rmdir.

Example:
import standard.C.io


define FILENAME "test.txt"

class Main {
function Main() {
if (remove(FILENAME))
echo "Could not delete "+FILENAME;
else
echo "Deleted "+FILENAME;
}
}

Results
Deleted test.txt

Returns:
remove returns 0 if the file is successfully deleted. Otherwise, it returns -1.

Documented by Simona Plesuvu, generation time: Thu Oct 15 20:02:04 2009 GMT(c)2009 RadGs Software