Kill Function
Deletes files from a disk.
The My feature gives you greater productivity and performance in file I/O operations than Kill. For more information, see My.Computer.FileSystem Object.
Public Sub Kill(ByVal PathName As String)
Parameters
- PathName
Required. String expression that specifies one or more file names to be deleted. PathName can include the directory or folder, and the drive.
Exceptions
Exception type |
Error number |
Condition |
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Target file(s) open. |
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Target file(s) not found. |
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Permission denied. |
See the "Error number" column if you are upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 applications that use unstructured error handling. (You can compare the error number against the Number Property (Err Object).) However, when possible, you should consider replacing such error control with Structured Exception Handling Overview for Visual Basic.
Remarks
Kill supports the use of multiple-character (*) and single-character (?) wildcards to specify multiple files.
Security Note In order to execute, the Kill function requires Read and PathDiscovery flags of FileIOPermission to be granted to the executing code. For more information, see SecurityException, and Code Access Permissions
Example
This example uses the Kill function to delete a file from a disk.
' Assume TESTFILE is a file containing some data.
Kill("TestFile") ' Delete file.
' Delete all *.TXT files in current directory.
Kill("*.TXT")
Smart Device Developer Notes
This function is not supported.
Requirements
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic
**Module:**FileSystem
Assembly: Visual Basic Runtime Library (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)