File.Exists(), File.Delete() wildcards

[IlyaRabyy]

Colleagues,

Does the function in subject takes wildcards?
I have the code

If File.Exists(lcSelectedDir & "*.*") Then
   ' Some code
End If

and it never gets inside If - End If structure even though there are a slew of files in that lcSelectedDir.
I have found that Directory.GetFiles(String, String) can be used instead (tested, it worked.)
However, I also need somethihng like Delete(sPath & "*.*"), that is again: wild cards.
Apparently, File object cannot work with wildcards.
Additionally, Directory object has no Delete() method, and I need something like that.
I could've roll-er-own function, e.g. DeleteFiles(sPath & "*.*"), but I hope there is already such thing, and I wouldn't be "re-inventing the wheel".
Hence teh Q.:

Is there, in .NET, a function Delete() files that takes wildcards?

TIA!

Regards,

Ilya

 

[strongm]

No, but use GetFiles (which does) instead, and check the count of files returned

 

[IlyaRabyy]

Already done it.
You answered faster than I was able to finish editing the original post.

How about Delete(sPath & "*.*")? Is in .NET anything that does it? (I couldn't find it so far...)

TIA!

Regards,

Ilya

 

[strongm]

Just enumerate the result of getfiles, deleting each item as you go

 

[IlyaRabyy]

IOW, roll-er-own...
OK, CAN-DO.
Thank you!

Regards,

Ilya

 

[strongm]

Yep!

And, upon reflection, if it were me, I'd actually use system.io.DirectoryInfo.EnumerateFiles rather than GetFiles. It is more flexible, lighter-weight and faster. But it was only introduced in .Net 4.0, so GetFiles remains the generic solution