Hi,
Usually, one uses the following command (from the shell prompt)
"rm /path/to/file/filename"
To supress the confirmation message, use:
"rm -f /path/to/file/filename"
To delete recursively (i.e. a directory), and make it verbose to the screen:
rm -rfv /path/to/directory
Does that help.
Of course, from a perl script, you can either use:
system("/bin/rm -f /path/to/filename");
or
`rm -f filename`
I hope that helps,
Regards,
Thomas Adam (VI form student)
Linux Co-ordinator at the Purbeck School (Network Support)
Wareham,
Dorset,
UK
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Subject: to delete a file
How can I delete a file ?
thanks
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