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fremove

warning

This function starts with a lowercase letter.

Description​

Delete a file.

NameDescription
const filename[]The path of the file to delete.

Returns​

true - The function executed successfully.

false - The function failed to execute. The file doesn't exist, or you don't have permission to delete it.

Examples​

Delete a file:

if (fremove("example.txt"))
{
    print("The file \"example.txt\" removed.");
}
else
{
    print("The file \"example.txt\" does not exists.");
}

Delete a directory:

if (fremove("logs"))
{
    print("The directory \"logs\" removed.");
}
else
{
    print("The directory \"logs\" does not exists, or it is not empty.");
}

Notes​

tip

Files that are currently open (fopen) must be closed first (fclose) to be deleted.

warning

The file path must be valid.

  • fopen: Open a file.
  • fclose: Close a file.
  • ftemp: Create a temporary file stream.
  • fwrite: Write to a file.
  • fread: Read a file.
  • fputchar: Put a character in a file.
  • fgetchar: Get a character from a file.
  • fblockwrite: Write blocks of data into a file.
  • fblockread: Read blocks of data from a file.
  • fseek: Jump to a specific character in a file.
  • flength: Get the file length.
  • fexist: Check, if a file exists.
  • fmatch: Check, if patterns with a file name matches.
  • ftell: Get the current position in the file.
  • fflush: Flush a file to disk (ensure all writes are complete).
  • fstat: Return the size and the timestamp of a file.
  • frename: Rename a file.
  • fcopy: Copy a file.
  • filecrc: Return the 32-bit CRC value of a file.
  • diskfree: Returns the free disk space.
  • fattrib: Set the file attributes.
  • fcreatedir: Create a directory.