DEL_FILE Procedure

Deletes a specified file on your system.

Usage

DEL_FILE, filename

Input Parameters

filename — A string containing the full pathname of the file to be deleted.

Keywords

None.

Discussion

This function uses SPAWN to execute a platform-specific command to delete the specified file.

UNIX Example 1

full_name = FILEPATH('myproc.pro', Subdirectory='lib/user')
PRINT, full_name
; PV-WAVE output looks similar to:
;   /opt/RW/PVW110/wave/lib/usr/myproc.pro
DEL_FILE, full_name

UNIX Example 2

DEL_FILE, FILEPATH('scratch10', /Tmp) 

Windows Example 1

full_name = FILEPATH('myproc.pro', Subdirectory='lib\user')
PRINT, full_name
; PV-WAVE output looks similar to:
;   C:\RW\wave\lib\user\myproc.pro
DEL_FILE, full_name

Windows Example 2

DEL_FILE, FILEPATH('scratch10', /Tmp)

See Also

FINDFILE,  SPAWN (UNIX),  SPAWN (Windows)