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:nKILL Statement Programming Example
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KILL Statement Programming Examples
 
These examples show how to use KILL to delete files.
 
Example 1
 
Here is an example of using wild-card characters with KILL.
This example will not run unless the specified files are found:
 
KILL "DATA1?.DAT"     'Kills any file with a six-character
                      'base name starting with DATA1 and
                      'also with the extension .DAT.
 
KILL "DATA1.*"        'Kills any file with the base name
                      'DATA1 and any extension.
 
KILL "\GREG\*.DAT"    'Kills any file with the extension
                      '.DAT in a subdirectory called GREG.
 
Example 2
 
Here is an example program that deletes the file specified on
the command line:
 
' Make sure you have selected Full Menus from the Options menu,
' then select Modify COMMAND$ from the Run menu to specify a file.
' Specify any file, but be sure it's one you want to delete.
DEFINT A-Z
CLS    ' Clear screen
ON ERROR GOTO Errorhandle 'Set up error handling.
FileName$ = COMMAND$      'Get file name.
KILL FileName$
PRINT FileName$ " deleted"
END
 
Errorhandle:
    Number = ERR
    IF Number = 53 THEN
       PRINT "Couldn't delete " FileName$ ;
       PRINT "; file does not exist in current directory"
    ELSE
       PRINT "Unrecoverable error:";Number
       ON ERROR GOTO 0   'ON ERROR GOTO zero aborts program.
    END IF
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