DeleteFile

DeleteFile [/I/M=messageStr /P=pathName /Z ] [fileNameStr ]

The DeleteFile operation deletes a file on disk.

Parameters

fileNameStr can be a full path to the file to be deleted (in which case /P is not needed), a partial path relative to the folder associated with pathName, or the name of a file in the folder associated with pathName.

If Igor cannot determine the location of the file from fileNameStr and pathName, it displays a dialog allowing you to specify the file to be deleted.

If you use a full or partial path for either file, see Path Separators for details on forming the path.

Flags

/I	Interactive mode. The Open File dialog will display even if fileNameStr is specified and the file exists.
/M=messageStr	Specifies the prompt message in the Open File dialog.
/P=pathName	Specifies the folder to look in for the file. pathName is the name of an existing symbolic path.
/Z[=z ]	Prevents procedure execution from aborting if it attempts to delete a file that does not exist. Use /Z if you want to handle this case in your procedures rather than having execution abort.
	/Z=0: Same as no /Z. /Z=1: Deletes a file only if it exists. /Z alone has the same effect as /Z=1. /Z=2: Deletes a file if it exists or displays a dialog if it does not exist.

Variables

The Delete operation returns information in the following variables:
V_flag	Set to zero if the file was deleted, to -1 if the user cancelled the Open File dialog, and to some nonzero value if an error occurred, such as the specified file does not exist.
S_path	Stores the full path to the file that was deleted. If an error occurred or if the user cancelled, it is set to an empty string.

See Also

DeleteFolder, MoveFile, CopyFile, NewPath, Symbolic Paths