Deleting all files from a folder, without deleting sub-directories?

[M Hanes]

Hi all,
I have a test scenario where I create a .txt file in a network folder directory, but before creating this file I need to make sure there are no other .txt files in the directory (there may be other test files from people who are running manual tests and then they left their test file in the directory when they were finished.) So I need a step that will check for any .txt file that may have been left behind, and then delete the file... or just delete any file(s) that it finds in the directory. I would use the "Empty Directory" keyword, but that deletes all sub-directories as well, and I do have a couple of sub-directories within the folder that I can't delete or it will cause big problems.

Does anyone have suggestions on how I could do this?

Thanks!

[Kevin O.]

Try this:

@{txt files}=    List Directory    ${path}    *.txt    absolute=${True}

Remove Files    @{txt files}

[Pekka Klärck]

Remove Files supports patterns too:

    Remove Files    ${path}/*.txt

Sent from my mobile.

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[M Hanes]

Oh nice! Thank you guys!

On Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 8:34:52 AM UTC-8, Pekka Klärck wrote:

Remove Files supports patterns too:

    Remove Files    ${path}/*.txt

Sent from my mobile.

23.2.2016 6.19 ip. "Kevin O." <korm...@gmail.com> kirjoitti:

Try this:

@{txt files}=    List Directory    ${path}    *.txt    absolute=${True}

Remove Files    @{txt files}

On Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 6:30:39 PM UTC-6, M Hanes wrote:

Hi all,
I have a test scenario where I create a .txt file in a network folder directory, but before creating this file I need to make sure there are no other .txt files in the directory (there may be other test files from people who are running manual tests and then they left their test file in the directory when they were finished.) So I need a step that will check for any .txt file that may have been left behind, and then delete the file... or just delete any file(s) that it finds in the directory. I would use the "Empty Directory" keyword, but that deletes all sub-directories as well, and I do have a couple of sub-directories within the folder that I can't delete or it will cause big problems.

Does anyone have suggestions on how I could do this?

Thanks!

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