Re: deleting files in a directory

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From: JoeBlack
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 08:19

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Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:
> "JoeBlack" <JoeBlack@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> news:427b78e2@newsgroups.borland.com...
> 
> 
>>the problem is the line
>>
>>         wsprintf(szb,"%s%c%c",DirList->Strings[HOMENETWORK],0,0);
>>
>>copies a directory name, say "c:\\temp1" into the pFrom string,
>>when I call the SHFileOperation it deletes the "c:\\temp1" directory.
>>What I would like to do is delete all its contents but leave the
>>directory intact.
> 
> 
> Have youtried specifying a file mask, ie:  "c:\\temp\\*.*" ?  Have you tried
> applying the FOF_FILESONLY flag?
> 
> 
> Gambit
> 
> 
Remy,

Many thanks, this has sorted my problem.

Joe

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