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How to Delete external files? - scripting in JSL

wmwinn — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:40:17 GMT

Is there a way to Delete files from within the JSL scripting? Looking for a DELETE command or something like that.

For example:

myfiles = Files In Directory("pathname") => provides a list of all files in the pathname, and I would like to delete one or more of those files in the list.

Anybody know how to do this? Thanks,

- Mark -

Re: How to Delete external files? - scripting in JSL

mattflynn — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:58:29 GMT

from the JMP 10.01 /Help, Scripting Index, Utility functions:

see:

Copy File()

File Exists()

Delete File()

functions

Best,

-Matt

Re: How to Delete external files? - scripting in JSL

gbu — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 06:18:30 GMT

Hi,

If you're using an earlier release than jmp10 (for windows), you can in your script create a .bat file and also call this .bat to delete files.

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/* Create a .bat file command with delete instruction */

Save Text File("C:\deletemyfile.bat","del C:\myfolder\myfile.txt");

/* Execute the .bat file in order to delete the file */

Open("C:\deletemyfile.bat");

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Re: How to Delete external files? - scripting in JSL

wmwinn — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:25 GMT

Thank you, gbu. Since I'm running JMP v9, that's exactly what I did. It's working GREAT.

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