DeleteFile
Delete a file from the file system.
Declaration
Source position: filutilh.inc line 187
function DeleteFile(const FileName: UnicodeString) : Boolean;
function DeleteFile(const FileName: RawByteString) : Boolean;
Description
DeleteFile deletes file FileName from disk. The function returns True if the file was successfully removed, False otherwise.
Errors
On error, False is returned.
See also
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| FileCreate | Create a new file and return a handle to it. |
| FileExists | Check whether a particular file exists in the file system. |
Example
Program Example31;
{ This program demonstrates the DeleteFile function }
Uses sysutils;
Var
Line : String;
F,I : Longint;
Begin
F:=FileCreate('test.txt');
Line:='Some string line.'#10;
For I:=1 to 10 do
FileWrite (F,Line[1],Length(Line));
FileClose(F);
DeleteFile('test.txt');
End.