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How to delete multiple files from a directory Turn on/off line numbers in source code. Switch to Orginial background IDE or DSP color Comment or reply to this aritlce/tip for discussion. Bookmark this article to my favorite article(s). Print this article
18-Oct-02
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Files Operation
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Delphi 2.x
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			Author: Jonas Bilinkevicius

How to delete multiple files from a directory

Answer:

1   procedure DeleteFiles(sMask, sPath: string);
2   var
3     SearchRec: TSearchRec;
4     Found: Integer;
5   begin
6     sPath := IncludeTrailingPathDelimiter(sPath);
7     Found := SysUtils.FindFirst(sPath + sMask, faAnyFile, SearchRec);
8     try
9       while (Found = 0) do
10      begin
11        if not (SearchRec.Attr and faDirectory > 0) then
12          SysUtils.DeleteFile(sPath + SearchRec.Name);
13        Found := SysUtils.FindNext(SearchRec);
14      end;
15    finally
16      SysUtils.FindClose(SearchRec);
17    end;
18  end;
19  
20  //Usage:
21  
22  DeleteFiles('*.txt', 'c:\myfiles');


			
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