delete directory contents

[wASP]

HI

how can i programatically delete all files within a specified directory using vb6?

Regards
w@sp

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[Digsy]

You can use the kill command to acheive this.

Like so.

Dim MyDirectory As String

MyDirectory = "c:\test" ' Name of directory want to delete all files in.
Kill MyDirectory & "\*.*"   ' Delete all files in 'MyDirectory'

 

[wASP]

any way i could modify this code to check if ANY files exist before killing all files, as a file not found error occurs if directory is already empty ?

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[johnwm]

Use the DIR function first.



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[johnwm]

Sorry, hit Submit instead of Preview:
[tt]
If Len(Dir("c:\test\fred\*.*")) = 0 Then
'Directory is empty
Else
'do delete here[/tt]

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