DELETE - Delete local file(s)

DELETE Delete local file(s)

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Syntax:	DELETE	[ file name ]
Arguments:	[ file name ]	Variable or string defining a file or path name; if no path is defined, Robo-FTP’s working folder is used.
Options:	/force	Delete files even if they have read-only permissions set.

This script command deletes the specified local file or files. This is an example of the DELETE command:

DELETE "file name"

Wildcard file names are allowed with the DELETE command. For example, the following command deletes all files with an extension of .html from a local folder named c:\mysite.

DELETE "c:\mysite\*.html"

To delete file(s) on the FTP site, use the FTPDELETE script command. Use the DELDIR command to delete an empty local directory.

After any files have been deleted, the %deletefiles internal script variable is automatically populated with the filenames of all such files.