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<concept id="GUID-D5B8DC2A-E2BA-54FE-A359-1496356AF93F" xml:lang="en"><title>How

to delete files and directories</title><shortdesc>This topic describes how to delete an empty directory and a file.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>Use <codeph>RmDir()</codeph> to delete an empty directory. Use <codeph>Delete()</codeph> to

delete a file. </p>

<codeblock id="GUID-9673872B-2952-5076-AA8D-F8E2B3E5AFA6" xml:space="preserve">

// Deletes KTopDir, deleting all files and sub-directories first

User::LeaveIfError(fsSession.Delete(KFile2));

User::LeaveIfError(fsSession.RmDir(KDir1));

User::LeaveIfError(fsSession.RmDir(KDir2));

User::LeaveIfError(fsSession.Delete(KFile1));

User::LeaveIfError(fsSession.RmDir(KTopDir)); ... </codeblock>

<section id="GUID-589A7DF6-2D82-43F1-BAAF-E7804E2A422D"><note><ul>

<li id="GUID-DC2A9104-5B7E-5481-8368-461DFC8B230F"><p>Files must be closed

and must not be read-only in order to be deleted. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-DF4CF5BA-BC2E-51DB-8264-0FF0538ADD74"><p> <xref href="GUID-E263C747-946F-35AA-9F1D-41833BD350FC.dita#GUID-E263C747-946F-35AA-9F1D-41833BD350FC/GUID-C28319AD-2CC7-3009-9707-51C9EF02C51B"><apiname>RFs::Delete()</apiname></xref> does

not accept the use of <keyword>wildcards</keyword>. To delete multiple files,

use <xref href="GUID-82CEC14F-1479-3922-846A-9FCDB6465EF7.dita#GUID-82CEC14F-1479-3922-846A-9FCDB6465EF7/GUID-71056B22-AC2A-3E91-8896-8A6F2FB9B619"><apiname>CFileMan::Delete()</apiname></xref> instead. </p> </li>

</ul></note> </section>

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