Delete Files in C++
To delete files in C++ programming, you have to
ask to the user to enter the file name to delete the file using the function
remove().
If the file would be deleted successfully, then it (the function remove()) will return 0 otherwise it will not return
0. So make a variable say status of int data type
to initialize remove(filename) and check, whether status contains 0 or not. If it contains 0, then file deleted
successfully, otherwise file present (not deleted) as shown here in the following program.
C++ Programming Code to Delete Files
Following C++ program ask to the user to enter the file name which he/she want to delete, then the following program
delete the file :
/* C++ Program - Delete Files */
#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
clrscr();
int status;
char fname[20];
cout<<"Enter name of file, you want to delete : ";
gets(fname);
status=remove(fname);
if(status==0)
{
cout<<"file "<<fname<<" deleted successfully..!!\n";
}
else
{
cout<<"Unable to delete file "<<fname<<"\n";
perror("Error Message ");
}
getch();
}
When the above C++ program is compile and executed, it will produce the following result:
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