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how to delete contents of an existing file using vc++


Dear all,

may i know how can i delete the contents of an existing file using
vc++?? also, i would like to know how can i delete the whole file?

thanks alot
wayne

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Nov 17 '05 #1
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wayne wrote:
Dear all,

may i know how can i delete the contents of an existing file using
vc++?? also, i would like to know how can i delete the whole file?


DeleteFile() deletes a file.

SetEndOfFile() can truncate a file (even down to a size of 0).

-cd

Nov 17 '05 #2

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