Delete a file

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.

C

ISO C: <c>#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

 remove("input.txt");
 remove("/input.txt");
 remove("docs");
 remove("/docs");
 return 0;

}</c>

POSIX: <c>#include <unistd.h>

int main() {

 unlink("input.txt");
 unlink("/input.txt");
 rmdir("docs");
 rmdir("/docs");
 return 0;

}</c>

Forth

There is no means to delete directories in ANS Forth.

 s" input.txt" delete-file throw
s" /input.txt" delete-file throw

Haskell

import System.IO
import System.Directory

main = do
  removeFile "output.txt"
  removeDirectory "docs"
  removeFile "/output.txt"
  removeDirectory "/docs"

Java

<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);
  }

}</java>

MAXScript

There's no way to delete folders in MAXScript

-- Here
deleteFile "input.txt"
-- Root
deleteFile "\input.txt"

Perl

<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';</perl>

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"'

PowerShell

Delete-Item input.txt

# Can also use the del alias for the Delete-Item cmdlet
del input.txt

Python

<python>import os

current directory

os.remove("output.txt") os.rmdir("docs")

root directory

os.remove("/output.txt") os.rmdir("/docs")</python>

Raven

'input.txt'  delete
'/input.txt' delete
'docs'  rmdir
'/docs' rmdir

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

UNIX Shell

rm -rf docs
rm input.txt
rm -rf /docs
rm /input.txt

Visual Basic .NET

Platform: .NET

Works with: Visual Basic .NET version 9.0+

'Current Directory
IO.Directory.Delete("docs")
IO.Directory.Delete("docs", True) 'also delete files and sub-directories
IO.File.Delete("output.txt")

'Root
IO.Directory.Delete("\docs")
IO.File.Delete("\output.txt")

'Root, platform independent
IO.Directory.Delete(IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar & "docs")
IO.File.Delete(IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar & "output.txt")