Intel® Fortran Compiler 17.0 Developer Guide and Reference

DELFILESQQ

Portability Function: Deletes all files matching the name specification, which can contain wildcards (* and ?).

Module

USE IFPORT

result = DELFILESQQ (files)

files

(Input) Character*(*). Files to be deleted. Can contain wildcards (* and ?).

Results

The result type is INTEGER(2). The result is the number of files deleted.

You can use wildcards to delete more than one file at a time. DELFILESQQ does not delete directories or system, hidden, or read-only files. Use this function with caution because it can delete many files at once. If a file is in use by another process (for example, if it is open in another process), it cannot be deleted.

Example

USE IFPORT
USE IFCORE
INTEGER(4) len, count
CHARACTER(80) file
CHARACTER(1) ch
WRITE(*,*) "Enter names of files to delete: "
len = GETSTRQQ(file)
IF (file(1:len) .EQ. '*.*') THEN
   WRITE(*,*) "Are you sure (Y/N)?"
   ch = GETCHARQQ()
   IF ((ch .NE. 'Y') .AND. (ch .NE. 'y')) STOP
END IF
count = DELFILESQQ(file)
WRITE(*,*) "Deleted ", count, " files."
END

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