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KILL

[FX-870P/VX-4]

Purpose

Delete a file from floppy disk.

Format

KILL "file descriptor"

Example

KILL "0: TEST.DAT"
KILL "0: *.DAT"

Parameters

file descriptor: String expression specifying the device and filename. Wildcards * and ? are supported in the filename portion.

Explanation

  1. Deletes the file specified by the file descriptor from the floppy disk.
  2. The wildcard * matches any sequence of characters, and ? matches any single character. Using wildcards allows deletion of multiple files at once.
  3. An error is generated if the specified file does not exist.

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