Windows Code Module to Delete Files

The DELTEST sample contains a complete code module to delete one or more files by using wildcards. The sample also demonstrates how to use wildcards to search through an entire directory.

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:


Deltest.exe (http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sample11/3.1/w31/en-us/deltest.exe)

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The C Run-time contains a function to delete one file, but does not allow a program to delete multiple files using wildcard characters. The DELETE.C module included with this sample can be used with any application or dynamic-link library (DLL) to perform this operation. This module uses the _dos_findfirst/next functions in conjunction with the remove() function to allow multiple files to be erased.

NOTE: In the sample, if "Delete tmp Files" is selected from the menu, the two .TMP files included with the sample will be erased.

For information on how to call the Delete() function, please refer to the comment block inside of DELETE.C.