FSO delete file if exists

[123ASP]

hi, I have 3 text files a.txt. & b.txt & c.txt
when I check if files exist by putting * it does not work, but when I specify a.txt it work.
Does that mean that I cannot check if all files exists *.txt

Dim objFSO
Set objFSO = Server.CreateObjectScripting.FileSystemObject&quot
If objFSO.FileExists("C:\a\letters\*.txt&quot then
objFSO.DeleteFile "C:\a\letters\*.txt",False
response.Write "deleted all files"
response.Write &quot;<BR>&quot;
else
response.Write &quot; No file found to be deleted&quot;
end if
Set objFSO = Nothing

thanks,
Al

 

[Tarwn]

No, you cannot specify a wildcard because that function is designed to check a single filename, not a collection of files. You could do a loop to check for all of them, looping from the ascii code for a to z using the chr function to generate the filename from the ascii code.

-Tarwn _{01010100 01101001 01100101 01110010 01101110 01101111 01101011 00101110 01100011 01101111 01101101}
^{29 3K 10 3D 3L 3J 3K 10 32 35 10 3E 39 33 35 10 3K 3F 10 38 31 3M 35 10 36 3I 35 35 10 3K 39 3D 35 10 1Q 19}
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[123ASP]

Thanks,
Al

 

[dilettante]

Why check if you're only going to delete them? Just do a wild-card delete and be done.

Or am I missing something?

 

[123ASP]

You are right
Al