Question

How to delete a file in C#

Answer 1

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string file = @"d:\data.txt";

            File.Delete(file);
            Console.WriteLine("File: {0} Deleted.", file);
        }
    }
}

/*
run:
   
File: d:\data.txt Deleted.

*/

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Answer 2

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string file = @"d:\somefile.txt";

            try
            {
                if (File.Exists(file))
                {
                    File.Delete(file);
                    Console.WriteLine("File: {0} Deleted.", file);
                }
                else
                    Console.WriteLine("File: {0} does not exist.", file);    
                
            }
            catch (IOException ioex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ioex.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}

/*
run:
   
File: d:\somefile.txt does not exist.

*/

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Answer 3

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                if (File.Exists("d:\\data.bin"))
                {
                    File.Delete("d:\\data.bin");
                    Console.WriteLine("File deleted");
                }
            }
            catch (IOException iex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(iex.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}


/*
run:

File deleted

*/

 

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