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From: Lloyd Charlier <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Directory deletion...
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 12:58:24 -0600
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Does anyone have a code snippet enabling the absolute deletion
of a directory WITHOUT regard to its contents?  I am writing an
installation program that is updating a previous version of
client software and I would like to completely purge certain
sub-directories "DEEP" in order to ensure a clean install.  I
cannot explicitly delete every file and then remove the
directories as I am not privy to the contents of each directory.
I know I could build a list of all of the files using
findfirst/findnext but I do not wish to re-invent the wheel.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

** Please respond via e-mail if at all possible (I am not
able to check this newsgroup often...).

Regards,

Lloyd A. Charlier
Information Delivery
Enterprise Computing Provisioning (ECP)
Texas Instruments Incorporated

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