Question

I’m trying to delete all files in a folder which start with a specific user id so if the user id = 00000 then I want to delete file 00000-1.xml & 00000-2.xml & 00000-3.xml and so on.

I have this code so far:

    Dim path as String = Server.MapPath("../myfolder/xml/00000" & something?? & ".xml")

    If path <> "" Then
        Dim fileInfo As FileInfo = Nothing
        Try
            fileInfo = New FileInfo(path)
            If fileInfo.Exists Then
                File.Delete(path)
            End If
        Catch
        End Try

    End If

Obviously I have just added the something?? in as i have no idea what to put there?

Can anyone shed any light on this?

Answer 1

Consider using Directory.GetFiles instead.

Dim path as String = Server.MapPath("../myfolder/xml")
If path <> "" Then
    Dim fileName As String
    For Each fileName in Directory.GetFiles (path, "00000-*.xml")
            File.Delete(fileName)
    Next

End If