DosDelete (FAPI)

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This call removes a directory entry associated with a file name.

Syntax

DosDelete (FileName, Reserved)

Parameters

FileName (PSZ) - input
Address of the name of the file to be deleted.
DosQSysInfo is called by an application during initialization to determine the maximum path length allowed by OS/2.
Reserved (ULONG) - input 
Reserved and must be set to zero.

Return Code

rc (USHORT) - return
Return code descriptions are:
  • 0 NO_ERROR
  • 2 ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
  • 3 ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND
  • 5 ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
  • 26 ERROR_NOT_DOS_DISK
  • 32 ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION
  • 36 ERROR_SHARING_BUFFER_EXCEEDED
  • 87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
  • 206 ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE

Remarks

Global file name characters are not permitted.

A file whose read-only attribute is set cannot be deleted. To change the setting of the read-only bit, call DosSetFileMode.

Bindings

C

#define INCL_DOSFILEMGR

USHORT  rc = DosDelete(FileName, Reserved);

PSZ     FileName;      /* File name path */
ULONG   0;             /* Reserved (must be zero) */

USHORT  rc;            /* return code */

MASM

EXTRN  DosDelete:FAR
INCL_DOSFILEMGR     EQU 1

PUSH@  ASCIIZ  FileName      ;Filename path name string
PUSH   DWORD   0             ;Reserved (must be zero)
CALL   DosDelete

Returns WORD

Example

This example deletes a file in the current directory named test.dat.

#define INCL_DOSFILEMGR

#define FILE_DELETE "test.dat"
#define RESERVED 0L

USHORT rc;

   rc = DosDelete(FILE_DELETE,    /* File path name */
                  RESERVED);      /* Reserved (must be zero) */