remove or _unlink using wildcard?

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Jun 27, 2003, 5:20:54 AM6/27/03

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Hi There,

I have been trying to delete several files by using wildcard using either
remove or _unlink, but non of them seems to work.

char temp_files[MAX_PATH];
strcpy(temp_files, "c:\\tmp*.*");
_unlink(temp_files); // doesn't work
remove(temp_files); // doesn't work either

Can someone please tell me how I delete several files using wildcard?

Thanks in regards,
Jess

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Windows: you can FindFirstFile, FindNextFile loop.

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Thomas Matthews

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Jun 27, 2003, 10:16:17 AM6/27/03

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yangyong wrote:
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>>Hi There,
>>
>>I have been trying to delete several files by using wildcard using either
>>remove or _unlink, but non of them seems to work.
>>
>>char temp_files[MAX_PATH];
>>strcpy(temp_files, "c:\\tmp*.*");
>>_unlink(temp_files); // doesn't work
>>remove(temp_files); // doesn't work either
>>
>>Can someone please tell me how I delete several files using wildcard?
>>
>>Thanks in regards,
>>Jess
>>
>>---
>>Jess Nielsen, HND/C
>
>
>

> Windows: you can FindFirstFile, FindNextFile loop.
>

But what if I'm not using windows?

O.P.:
The remove() function is for removing a single file.
You will need to use operating system functions for
deleting more than one file at a time.

You could use the system() function and specify
the OS command for deleting many files.

For more information about deleting many files,
please consult a newsgroup about your platform.
See the FAQs and Welcome.txt listed below.
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Alexander Terekhov

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Jun 27, 2003, 10:42:14 AM6/27/03

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Thomas Matthews wrote:
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> > Windows: you can FindFirstFile, FindNextFile loop.
> >
>
> But what if I'm not using windows?

Felony. $250,000 fine and five years in prison (ten
years on a second offense).

regards,
alexander.

Artie Gold

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Jun 27, 2003, 12:31:44 PM6/27/03

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news.tele.dk wrote:
> Hi There,
>
> I have been trying to delete several files by using wildcard using either
> remove or _unlink, but non of them seems to work.
>
> char temp_files[MAX_PATH];
> strcpy(temp_files, "c:\\tmp*.*");
> _unlink(temp_files); // doesn't work
> remove(temp_files); // doesn't work either
>
> Can someone please tell me how I delete several files using wildcard?
>

Standard C++ knows neither of wildcards nor _unlink.
[It's a platform-specific extension. Posting in a forum dedicated to the
particular platform upon which you are working will most likely get you
the help you need.]

HTH,
--ag

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