KILL Statement Programming Example
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'This example uses the KILL statement to delete files.
'Note: This example will not run unless the specified files are found.
KILL "DATA1?.DAT" 'Deletes files with a six-character base name
'starting with DATA1 and having the extension .DAT.
KILL "DATA1.*" 'Deletes files with the base name DATA1 and any
'extension.
KILL "\GREG\*.DAT" 'Deletes files with the extension .DAT in a
'directory called GREG.
'The following example deletes the file specified on the command line.
'Note: To run this example, select Full Menus from the Options menu, then
'select Modify COMMAND$ from the Run menu to specify a file to delete.
DEFINT A-Z
ON ERROR GOTO Errorhandle 'Set up error handling.
FileName$ = COMMAND$ 'Get file name.
KILL FileName$
PRINT FileName$ " deleted"
END
Errorhandle:
Number = ERR
IF Number = 53 THEN
PRINT "Couldn't delete " FileName$ ;
PRINT "; file does not exist in current directory"
ELSE
PRINT "Unrecoverable error:";Number
ON ERROR GOTO 0 'Aborts program.
END IF
RESUME NEXT