Delete a file: Difference between revisions

=={{header|Ada}}==

and then

Delete_File ("/input.txt");

Delete_Tree ("docs");

Naming conventions for the file path are [[OS]]-specific. The language does not specify the encoding of the file paths, the directory separators or brackets, the file extension delimiter, the file version delimiter and syntax. The example provided works under [[Linux]] and [[Windows]].

=={{header|ALGOL 68}}==

Note: <tt>scratch</tt> does not appear to do anything on [[ALGOL 68G]]. Also note that file names are Operating System dependent.

PROC remove = (STRING file name)INT:

BEGIN

remove("docs");

remove("/docs")

=={{header|AutoHotkey}}==

FileDelete, \input.txt

FileRemoveDir, docs, 1

=={{header|AWK}}==

Assuming we are ona Unix/Linux or at least Cygwin system:

system("rm /input.txt");

system("rm -rf docs");

=={{header|C}}==

{{works with|Fortran|90 and later}}

I don't know a way of deleting directories in Fortran

CLOSE (UNIT=5, STATUS="DELETE")

OPEN (UNIT=5, FILE="/input.txt", STATUS="OLD") ! Root directory

=={{header|Haskell}}==

import System.Directory

removeDirectory "docs"

removeFile "/output.txt"

=={{header|Io}}==

Directory directoryNamed("docs") remove

RootDir := Directory clone setPath("/")

RootDir fileNamed("input.txt") remove

=={{header|Java}}==

{{works with|UCB Logo}}

UCB Logo has no means to delete directories.

=={{header|MAXScript}}==

=={{header|Ruby}}==

Dir.delete("docs")

=={{header|Slate}}==

(It will succeed deleting the directory if it is empty)

(File newNamed: '/input.txt') delete.

(Directory newNamed: 'docs') delete.

=={{header|Smalltalk}}==

=={{header|UNIX Shell}}==

rm input.txt

rm -rf /docs

=={{header|Vedit macro language}}==

Vedit allows using either '\' or '/' as directory separator character, it is automatically converted to the one used by the operating system.

File_Delete("input.txt", OK)

File_Rmdir("docs")

// In the root directory

File_Delete("/input.txt", OK)

=={{header|Visual Basic .NET}}==