Big-Data-HPC-Platform/docs/ECLStandardLibraryReference/SLR-Mods/DeleteLogicalFile.xml

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<sect1 id="DeleteLogicalFile">
  <title>DeleteLogicalFile</title>

  <para><emphasis role="bold">STD.File.DeleteLogicalFile<indexterm>
      <primary>STD.File.DeleteLogicalFiles</primary>
    </indexterm><indexterm>
      <primary>File.DeleteLogicalFiles</primary>
    </indexterm><indexterm>
      <primary>DeleteLogicalFiles</primary>
    </indexterm>(</emphasis> <emphasis> filename </emphasis> <emphasis
  role="bold">[</emphasis> <emphasis>, ifexists </emphasis> <emphasis
  role="bold">] )</emphasis></para>

  <informaltable colsep="1" frame="all" rowsep="1">
    <tgroup cols="2">
      <colspec colwidth="80.50pt" />

      <colspec />

      <tbody>
        <row>
          <entry><emphasis>filename</emphasis></entry>

          <entry>A null-terminated string containing the logical name of the
          file.</entry>
        </row>

        <row>
          <entry><emphasis>ifexists</emphasis></entry>

          <entry>Optional. A boolean value indicating whether to post an error
          if the <emphasis>filename</emphasis> does not exist. If omitted, the
          default is FALSE.</entry>
        </row>
      </tbody>
    </tgroup>
  </informaltable>

  <para>The <emphasis role="bold">DeleteLogicalFile </emphasis>function
  removes the named file from disk.</para>

  <para>Example:</para>

  <programlisting format="linespecific">A := STD.File.DeleteLogicalFile('Fred');
</programlisting>
</sect1>