Deleting a file from a C++ application 1

[adiv13]

Hello!

Plese tell me how can I delete a specified file from a C++ applicaion.

Thanks

 

[adholioshake]

Hi adiv13.

From a windows program you should be able to use the "DeleteFile" function. e.g.

int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hinst,
                    HINSTANCE hprev,
                    LPSTR cmd,
                    int show)
{
  DeleteFile(cmd);
  return(TRUE);
}

From a DOS-based program, it is better to use the "unlink" function, i.e.

#include <dos.h>

int main(int argc, char argv[])
{
  unlink(argv[1]);
  return(0);
}

Hope that is helpful. Adonai

 

[adiv13]

Thanks, Adi

 

[2ffat]

Note that the unlink function is he prefered method in *ix (Unix, Linux, etc), too.


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