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waherne
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Mar 12, 2000, 7:07 AM

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File deletion	Can't Post

Hi,

How do you delete a selected file?

e.g. ./mydir/deletethis.txt

Thanks for any assistance that you can provide.

Willie

Cure
User

Mar 11, 2000, 10:10 PM

Post #2 of 2 (363 views)

Re: File deletion [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi waherne

perldoc -f unlink

example(s)::

$path='the/path/directory/;
$file='new.txt';
unlink("$path/$file");

but if your in the same directory as the file you are trying to delete, then do this::

$file='new.txt';
unlink($file);

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