Deleting files using wildcards

[BobRoyAce]

I know I can use code like follows to delete a file:

My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(File123.TAB",
FileIO.UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs,
FileIO.RecycleOption.DeletePermanently)

How can I delete all files matching text including wildcard(s)? For
example, how can I delete all files beginning with "File123" -->
"File123.*"

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

If you recursively search the directory you could quite easily use a regular
expression to identify each file and then use DeleteFile to delete it.

Regards

John Timney (MVP)

"BobRoyAce" <br**@omegasoftwareinc.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@35g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...

>I know I can use code like follows to delete a file:

My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(File123.TAB",
FileIO.UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs,
FileIO.RecycleOption.DeletePermanently)

How can I delete all files matching text including wildcard(s)? For
example, how can I delete all files beginning with "File123" -->
"File123.*"

[Michael D. Ober]

Shell """%comspec%"" /c del ""File123.*"""

Mike.

"BobRoyAce" <br**@omegasoftwareinc.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@35g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...

I know I can use code like follows to delete a file:

My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(File123.TAB",
FileIO.UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs,
FileIO.RecycleOption.DeletePermanently)

How can I delete all files matching text including wildcard(s)? For
example, how can I delete all files beginning with "File123" -->
"File123.*"

[glen.verwey]

Or try Kill("File123*.*")
Michael D. Ober wrote:

Shell """%comspec%"" /c del ""File123.*"""

Mike.

"BobRoyAce" <br**@omegasoftwareinc.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@35g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...

I know I can use code like follows to delete a file:

My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(File123.TAB",
FileIO.UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs,
FileIO.RecycleOption.DeletePermanently)

How can I delete all files matching text including wildcard(s)? For
example, how can I delete all files beginning with "File123" -->
"File123.*"

[Larry Lard]

John Timney (MVP) wrote:

"BobRoyAce" <br**@omegasoftwareinc.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@35g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...

I know I can use code like follows to delete a file:

My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(File123.TAB",
FileIO.UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs,
FileIO.RecycleOption.DeletePermanently)

How can I delete all files matching text including wildcard(s)? For
example, how can I delete all files beginning with "File123" -->
"File123.*"

If you recursively search the directory you could quite easily use a regular
expression to identify each file and then use DeleteFile to delete it.

DirectoryInfo.GetFiles will do the first part of this for you (I only
know this by looking at Reflector's output for Kill, mind...)

--
Larry Lard
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