How to delete all files in a directory?

[dearphael]

Hi,

How do I delete all files in a directory? Right now I am using
system("del c:\directory\*.*)
but it shows a DOS box which is not desirable

[Dave Lorde]

Use FindFirstFile/FindNextFile with DeleteFile.

Dave

[yash]

Hi,

below is the code to delete the directory!

BOOL DeleteDirectory( CString DirectoryPath )
{

if ( DirectoryPath.IsEmpty()) //make sure not to delete the Root !
return TRUE ;

CFileFind finder;
DirectoryPath += "\\*.*";

BOOL bWorking = finder.FindFile(DirectoryPath);

while (bWorking)
{
bWorking = finder.FindNextFile();
if (!finder.IsDots()) //skip the dots which denote the current directory
{
DeleteFile((LPCTSTR)finder.GetFilePath());
if (finder.IsDirectory())
{
DeleteDirectory(finder.GetFilePath());
}
}
}
finder.Close();

if (!RemoveDirectory(LPCTSTR( DirectoryPath.Left(DirectoryPath.GetLength()-strlen("\\*.*")) + '\0')))
{
return FALSE;
}
return TRUE;
}


Hope this helps You.

Good Luck.
Yash.

[dearphael]

Hi,

Thank you all for the prompt replies.