DELFILESQQ

 

Portability Function: Deletes all files matching the name specification, which can contain wildcards (* and ?).

Module

USE IFPORT

Syntax

result = DELFILESQQ (files)

files

(Input) Character*(*). Files to be deleted. Can contain wildcards (* and ?).

Results

The result type is INTEGER(2). The result is the number of files deleted.

You can use wildcards to delete more than one file at a time. DELFILESQQ does not delete directories or system, hidden, or read-only files. Use this function with caution because it can delete many files at once. If a file is in use by another process (for example, if it is open in another process), it cannot be deleted.

Compatibility

CONSOLE STANDARD GRAPHICS QUICKWIN GRAPHICS WINDOWS DLL LIB

Example

USE IFPORT

USE IFCORE

INTEGER(4) len, count

CHARACTER(80) file

CHARACTER(1) ch

WRITE(*,*) "Enter names of files to delete: "

len = GETSTRQQ(file)

IF (file(1:len) .EQ. '*.*') THEN

WRITE(*,*) "Are you sure (Y/N)?"

ch = GETCHARQQ()

IF ((ch .NE. 'Y') .AND. (ch .NE. 'y')) STOP

END IF

count = DELFILESQQ(file)

WRITE(*,*) "Deleted ", count, " files."

END

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