ASP DeleteFile Method

Definition and Usage

The DeleteFile method deletes one or more specified files.

Note:If you try to delete a non-existent file, an error will occur.

Syntax:

FileSystemObject.DeleteFile(filename[,force])
Parameter Description
filename Required. The name of the file to be deleted (wildcards can be used).
force Optional. Indicates whether a read-only file can be deleted. True indicates that read-only files can be deleted, while False indicates that read-only files cannot be deleted. The default is False.

Instance

<%
dim fs
Set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 
fs.CreateTextFile("c:\test.txt",True)
if fs.FileExists("c:\test.txt") then
  fs.DeleteFile("c:\test.txt")
end if
set fs=nothing
%>