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Function name : DeleteFile

Group: File Management - Library: kernel32

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The DeleteFile function deletes an existing file

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Code examples:

Using the DeleteFile
How to access a file using not its name but an alias (hard link)

Declaration:

BOOL DeleteFile(
  LPCTSTR lpFileName   // file name
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER DeleteFile IN kernel32;
	STRING lpFileName
  

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Parameters:

lpFileName [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the file to be deleted

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero

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Comments:

See also: RemoveDirectory, SHFileOperation, DeleteFileTransacted.

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