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In <1992Mar17.202925.16262@csrd.uiuc.edu> weather@sp90.csrd.uiuc.edu (Stephen A. Weatherford) writes:

>veilm00@terre.DMI.USherb.CA (MARC VEILLEUX) writes:

>>Here a some C questions :
>>HOw can you tell if a file is already in use (like in windows)?

>Don't ask me....


Normally, this can't be done. A "lock" file is often used for this purpose 
(a lock file is another file whose existence signals some fact, but this
requires that all programs obey the convention of using that particular
lock file)

>>HOw can you flush the keyboard buffer?

>In Turbo C, simply:

>	while (kbhit())
>		getch();	/* while character in buffer, read it and
>					discard */

>>What's is the fastest way to delete all file in current dir?

>Well, it depends on what you mean by fast, I suppose (to program, or
>to execute....)

>If you're using Turbo C, you can look at the commands findfirst(),
>findnext() (which let you get the files in the directory) and unlink()
>(which deletes a file).

>Stephen A. Weatherford

If your library has a "system()" function, try this:

	system( "del *.*" );

Don