Delfile

This function deletes a file.

It returns a status 0 on success or a negative code.

Notes:

• On UNIX this function performs an unlink so the file may still exist if referenced by several hard links.
• This function superseeds System "del"-PATH on Windows and System "rm"-PATH on Unix. It is faster because it does not fork a process.

Syntax

RETURN_VALUE=delFile(PATH)

Example

# Procedure that deletes a log fileSubprog DELETE_LOG_FILE(LOGFILE_NAME, ERR_CODE)Const Char LOGFILE_NAME()Variable Integer ERR_CODE# Delete the file# The file is supposed to be located in TMP directory on the application server with a tra extensionERR_CODE=delFile(filpath('TMP',LOGFILE_NAME,'tra'))End ERR_CODE

Return values

See also

RenameFile