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I want to write a sub that will accept a folder parameter (string, as in:
"C:\Temp") and then delete all the files in that folder. Can anyone tell me
what a simple way to accomplish this is? I don't see an obvious method for
the Directory object; I assume I could get the file list for the Directory
and then explicitly delete each file, but is there a single-command method?

Thanks!
Nov 19 '05 #1
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Awesome! Thanks.

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I want to write a sub that will accept a folder parameter (string, as in: "C:\Temp") and then delete all the files in that folder. Can anyone tell

me
what a simple way to accomplish this is? I don't see an obvious method for the Directory object; I assume I could get the file list for the Directory and then explicitly delete each file, but is there a single-command

method?

Dim di as New System.IO.Direc toryInfo("ZZ:\" )

'// Delete the entire ZZ:\ volume, including all files & subdirs
di.Delete( True )

HTH

~
Jeremy

Nov 19 '05 #2
Hello,

"JasonP" <ja****@i.com > schrieb:
I want to write a sub that will accept a folder parameter (string, as in:
"C:\Temp") and then delete all the files in that folder. Can anyone tell me what a simple way to accomplish this is? I don't see an obvious method for
the Directory object; I assume I could get the file list for the Directory
and then explicitly delete each file, but is there a single-command

method?

\\\
Dim s As String
For Each s In System.IO.Direc tory.GetFiles(" C:\WINDOWS\TEMP ")
System.IO.File. Delete(s)
Next s
///

-- or --

The BASIC way:

\\\
Kill("C:\WINDOW S\TEMP\*.*")
///

HTH,
Herfried K. Wagner
--
MVP · VB Classic, VB .NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
Nov 19 '05 #3

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