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Erase

Delete a file from disk

Declaration

Source position: systemh.inc line 1382

  procedure Erase(var f: File);
  procedure Erase(var t: Text);

Description

Erase removes an unopened file from disk. The file should be assigned with Assign, but not opened with Reset or Rewrite

Errors

Depending on the state of the {$I} switch, a runtime error can be generated if there is an error. In the {$I-} state, use IOResult to check for errors.

See also

Name Description
Assign Assign a name to a file

Example

Program Example20;
{ Program to demonstrate the Erase function. }
Var F : Text;
begin
  { Create a file with a line of text in it}
  Assign (F,'test.txt');
  Rewrite (F);
  Writeln (F,'Try and find this when I''m finished !');
  close (f);
  { Now remove the file }
  Erase (f);
end.