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    DeleteFile

    Delete a file from the file system.

    Declaration

    Source position: filutilh.inc line 231

    function DeleteFile(const FileName: UnicodeString) : Boolean;

    function DeleteFile(const FileName: RawByteString) : Boolean;

    Description

    DeleteFile deletes file FileName from disk. The function returns True if the file was successfully removed, False otherwise.

    Errors

    On error, False is returned.

    See also

    Name Description
    FileCreate Create a new file and return a handle to it.
    FileExists Check whether a particular file exists in the file system.

    Example

    Program Example31;

{ This program demonstrates the DeleteFile function }

Uses sysutils;

Var
  Line : String;
  F,I : Longint;

Begin
  F:=FileCreate('test.txt');
  Line:='Some string line.'#10;
  For I:=1 to 10 do
    FileWrite (F,Line[1],Length(Line));
  FileClose(F);
  DeleteFile('test.txt');
End.