delete-file -- r7rs Definition

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Kind

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procedure;

Implemented by

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• fs-file-delete (from vonuvoli);

Procedure signature

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Procedure variants:

• ((path-string) -> (undefined))
  • input: a value of type path-string;
  • output: a value of type undefined;

Exports

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• scheme:file -- (scheme file);

Exports recursive

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• scheme -- (scheme);

Description

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(delete-file filename)

Domain: It is an error if filename is not a string.

The delete-file procedure deletes the named file if it exists and can be deleted, and returns an unspecified value. If the file does not exist or cannot be deleted, an error that satisfies file-error? is signaled.

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Referenced-types

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• path-string;
• undefined;