System.IOUtils.TDirectory.Delete

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Delphi

class procedure Delete(const Path: string); overload; inline; static;
class procedure Delete(const Path: string; const Recursive: Boolean);  overload; static;

C++

static void __fastcall Delete(const System::UnicodeString Path)/* overload */;
static void __fastcall Delete(const System::UnicodeString Path, const bool Recursive)/* overload */;

Properties

Type	Visibility	Source	Unit	Parent
procedure function	public	System.IOUtils.pas System.IOUtils.hpp	System.IOUtils	TDirectory

Description

Deletes a directory at the given path.

Use Delete to delete a directory at the given path. The following table lists the parameters this method expects:

Name	Meaning
Path	Path of the directory being deleted.
Recursive	The deletion is recursive. If this parameter is false, nonempty directories will not be deleted.

The second version of Delete does not expect a Recursive parameter; it is considered to be false. This means that the second version of Delete will fail on nonempty directories. Neither version of Delete reports whether the deletion operation succeeded.

Note: Delete raises an exception if the given Path is invalid or contains invalid characters.

See Also

• Exists

• GetDirectories

Code Examples

• DirectoryOperations (Delphi)
• DirectoryOperations (C++)