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In this task, the job is to delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root. |
In this task, the job is to delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root. |
Revision as of 17:29, 12 October 2007
Delete a file
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.
In this task, the job is to delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
Forth
There is no means to delete directories in ANS Forth.
s" input.txt" delete-file throw s" /input.txt" delete-file throw
Java
import java.util.File; public class FileDeleteTest { public static boolean deleteFile(String filename) { boolean exists = new File(filename).delete(); return exists; } public static void test(String type, String filename) { System.out.println("The following " + type + " called " + filename + (deleteFile(filename) ? " was deleted." : " could not be deleted.") ); } public static void main(String args[]) { test("file", "input.txt"); test("file", File.seperator + "input.txt"); test("directory", "docs"); test("directory", File.seperator + "docs" + File.seperator); } }
MAXScript
There's no way to delete folders in MAXScript
-- Here deleteFile "input.txt" -- Root deleteFile "\input.txt"
Perl
use File::Spec::Functions qw(catfile rootdir); # here unlink 'input.txt'; rmdir 'docs'; # root dir unlink catfile rootdir, 'input.txt'; rmdir catfile rootdir, 'docs';
Without Perl Modules
Current directory
perl -e 'unlink input.txt' perl -e 'rmdir docs'
Root Directory
perl -e 'unlink "/input.txt"' perl -e 'rmdir "/docs"'
Python
import os # current directory os.remove("output.txt") os.rmdir("docs") # root directory os.remove("/output.txt") os.rmdir("/docs")
Ruby
#!/usr/bin/env ruby File.delete("output.txt", "/output.txt") Dir.delete("docs") Dir.delete("/docs")
Toka
needs shell " docs" remove " input.txt" remove