progress 4gl OpenEdge abl delete file from directory

Question

How can you delete a file from a directory using OpenEdge ABL (progress-4gl) code?

I cannot find any code samples that get close to exemplifying this problem. I know how to output to value(path), and to input from value(path), but how is a delete accomplished?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '13 at 19:15

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You use the 4GL OS-DELETE statement.

OS-DELETE value( "filename" ).

answered Jun 18 '13 at 19:15

Tom Bascom

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There is also OS-COMMAND, which can be handy if one needs to do a thing like TAKEOWN on the file before deletion. – AD - Stop Putin - Mar 27 '14 at 14:12

progress 4gl OpenEdge abl delete file from directory

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