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DELETEFILE()
Deletes an error-tolerant file
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Syntax
DELETEFILE(<cFileName>) --> nErrorCode
Argument
<cFileName> Designates which file name to delete.
Returns
DELETEFILE() returns a code that signifies its completion status:
Table 7-1: DELETEFILE() Error Codes
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Code Symb. constants Definition
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0 NO_DISK_ERR No error occurs
-2 ER_FILE_NOT_FOUND File not found
-3 ER_PATH_NOT_FOUND Path not found
-5 ER_ACCESS_DENIED Access denied (e.g., file is read-only)
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Description
In contrast to FILEDELETE(), which permits you to specify file groups
with wildcards, DELETEFILE() only accepts specific file names. However,
the function avoids all DOS error messages and returns an error code
directly to the calling program. This makes error-tolerant erasures in
networks possible (see Examples).
Note
. You can use a drive designator and path name, but no
wildcards.
Examples
. How NOT to delete a file in a network environment:
IF FILE ("TEST.DBF")
* Is it actually possible to delete the file?
DELETE FILE TEST.DBF
ENDIF
. This is a better way:
nStatus := DELETEFILE("TEST.DBF")
IF nStatus == 0
? "File deleted."
ELSE
IF nStatus == -5
? "ACCESS DENIED!"
? "File in use elsewhere!"
ENDIF
ENDIF
See Also:
FILEDELETE()
RENAMEFILE()
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