Newbie: (Safely) deleting files

[blindcop]

Hi! In my program I have a path to a file that I want to delete. I have looked all over google and here and can't find any explanation of what code I should use to delete this file without running any risks of formatting hardrdives etc... I thought of using ShellExecute with del but was not sure if that was such a good idea. Any help greatfully received! Dom

[Paul M Watt]

What is wrong with ::DeleteFile(LPCTSTR pszFileName)?

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[Vitali Halershtein]

Hi Dom, Why not use DeleteFile from win32 api ? BOOL DeleteFile( LPCTSTR lpFileName // file name ); Vitali http://www.creative-case.com

[blindcop]

Thanks:) I new it had to be simple but for some reason the simplest answers are the hardest to find answers for. Cheers Dom

[Jonathan Craig]

If you wish to send files to the recycle bin instead of just deleting them, use the SHFileOperation(...) function. It is a little tricky to use, but you can do a lot of cool stuff with it. See the MSDN. Hack on!:) Jonathan Craig www.mcw-tech.com

[keegan]

i always thought system("del file.txt") was efficient. :) *.* cin >> knowledge;

[joshfl]

int unlink(const char*) works too :) todo.... :: insert inpirational text here ::

[Alexander M]

the typical newbie... they always want to code things much too difficult for them... i know that feeling... Don't try it, just do it! ;-)