Idiom #155 Delete file

Delete from filesystem the file having path filepath.

unlink($filepath);

with Ada.Directories;

Ada.Directories.Delete_File (filepath);

#include <unistd.h>

int main(void)
{
	if (unlink(filepath) == -1)
		err(1, "unlink");
	return 0;
}

#include <filesystem>

auto r = std::filesystem::remove(filepath);

using System.IO;

File.Delete(filepath);

import std.file;

try
    remove(filepath);
catch (FileException fe)
    writeln(fe.msg);

import 'dart:io';

File(filepath).deleteSync();

File.rm(filepath)

open (10,file=filepath,status="old", iostat=ierr)
if (ierr == 0) close (10,status="delete")

import "os"

err := os.Remove(filepath)

import System.Directory (removeFile)

removeFile filePath

import {unlink} from 'fs/promises'

await unlink(filepath)

const fs = require('fs');

try {
  fs.unlinkSync(filepath);
} catch (err) {
  console.error(err);
}

Deno.remove(filepath, { recursive: true }).catch((err) => console.error(err));

import java.io.File;

new File(filepath).delete();

import static java.nio.file.Files.deleteIfExists;
import static java.nio.file.Path.of;

deleteIfExists(of(filepath));

os.remove(filepath)

uses SysUtils;

begin
  if DeleteFile(filepath) then
    writeln(filepath,' succesfully deleted.')
  else
    writeln('Error deleting ',filepath);
end.

unlink $filepath;

import pathlib

path = pathlib.Path(_filepath)
path.unlink()

import os

os.remove(filepath)

File.delete(filepath)

use std::fs;

let r = fs::remove_file(filepath);

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