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File/Folder deleting, Recycle Bin and Read only files [message #24203]

Tue, 05 January 2010 10:02

koldo
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Registered: August 2008

Senior Veteran

Hello all

Presently we have this basic functions to delete files and folders:

bool FileDelete(const char *filename)
bool DirectoryDelete(const char *dirname)

They delete forever a file/folder if it is not read-only (and of course if it is available).

It would be great if they would manage as transparently as possible the Recycle Bin and the Read-Only files.

Some possible options would be:

1.- To add to this functions new parameters. For example:

bool FileDelete(const char *filename, bool recycleBin = false, bool delReadOnly = false)
bool DirectoryDelete(const char *dirname, bool recycleBin = false, bool delReadOnly = false)

enum DeleteFlags {DEL_FOREVER = 0, DEL_RECYCLE = 1, NOT_DEL_READONLY = 0, DEL_READONLY = 2}; 
bool FileDelete(const char *filename, int flags = 0)
bool DirectoryDelete(const char *dirname, int flags = 0)

2.- To add functions to handle this:

void SetDeleteToRecycleBin(bool val = false);
void SetDeleteReadOnly(bool val = false);

enum DeleteFlags {DEL_FOREVER = 0, DEL_RECYCLE = 1, NOT_DEL_READONLY = 0, DEL_READONLY = 2}; 
void SetDeleteFlags(bool val = false);

What do you think about it ?

Best regards
Koldo

Best regards
Iñaki

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