Kill
Deletes files from a disk.
Syntax: Kill pathname
- pathname
- required String expression that specifies one or more file names to be deleted. The pathname may include the directory or folder, and the drive.
Kill supports the use of multiple-character (*) and single-character (?) wildcards to specify multiple files.
An error occurs when Kill is used to delete an open file.
INFO
To delete directories, use the RmDir statement.
Example
This example uses the Kill statement to delete a file from a disk.
vb
' Assume TESTFILE is a file containing some data.
Kill "TestFile" ' Delete file.
' Delete all *.TXT files in current directory.
Kill "*.TXT"