FileSystem.Delete(StringArray, Variable) Method

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Description

Deletes the specified files and/or directories contained within the StringArray paths. If a path is a directory, all files and subfolders within will be deleted, recursively. If allowMissing is true, any missing files or directory will be skipped. An error will be reported if the delete operation is unsuccessful. Returns the list of files deleted.

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Method Signature

FileSystem.Delete(	StringArray paths,
	Variable allowMissing)

Arguments

paths
Description:	A StringArray containing the paths to the files or directories to be deleted.

allowMissing

Description:

A flag which determines if missing files or directories will be skipped.

Valid Values:

Value	Label
0	false
1	true

Return Value

Type:

Array of string

Returns a StringArray populated with the names of the files and directories which were deleted.

Syntax

myStringArray1 = FileSystem.Delete(myStringArray2, myVariable1);