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How to delete all files in a directory

Hi..
I m new to c++ and to this forum. I tried searching the forum on this topic but found complex solution. Can't their be a simple solution to this.
I tried the following

DeleteFile(".\\ProcFiles\\*.*");

RemoveDirectory(".\\ProcFiles");

But they are not helping me in deleting all files from a directory
Dec 13 '07 #1
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Wait, wait. You guessed the function that would delete files? I'm not entirely sure how to respond to something like this.

In any case, properly checking documentation or Googling would reveal: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/c...io/remove.html
Dec 13 '07 #2
Hi,

U can use the SetCurrentDirectory () to set the path of the Directory u want to empty. Once done, use the SHFileOperation (). Take precautions while filling the SHFILEOPSTRUCT structure. This should do the needfull for u.
Dec 13 '07 #3

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