Description
Deletes a directory if it is empty, and/or all the files in the directory.
Syntax
success = RTI_OS_Directory( "DELETE", directory <, files> <, deleteDir> )
Parameters
| directory | The directory path to be deleted. |
| files | <Optional> The file(s) to be deleted. If null and the directory is empty then the directory itself will be deleted. Multiple filenames should be @fm-delimited, @vm-delimited or comma-delimited. This method does support the question mark (?) and asterisk (*) wildcards. To delete all .doc files in a directory pass *.doc |
| deleteDir | <Optional> If TRUE, will delete the directory after all the files are deleted. The default value is FALSE. |
Return Value
A boolean value.
Remarks
A directory will only be deleted if it is empty.
Example 1
declare function RTI_OS_Directory // delete a directory called mydir in c:\revsoft. directory = "c:\revsoft\mydir" success = RTI_OS_Directory( "DELETE", directory)
Example 2
declare function RTI_OS_Directory // delete all files in the directory c:\revsoft\mydir, but do not delete the directory directory = "c:\revsoft\mydir" files = "*.*" success = RTI_OS_Directory( "DELETE", directory, files )
Example 3
declare function RTI_OS_Directory $Insert Logical // delete all files in the directory c:\revsoft\mydir and delete the directory directory = "c:\revsoft\mydir" files = "*.*" success = RTI_OS_Directory( "DELETE", directory, files, TRUE$)
