how to delete file in joomla2.5

Question

I have dynamic listing page. From that I want to delete file from server using joomla2.5. I try with the following code:

jimport('joomla.filesystem.file');
$path = JPath::clean($path);

It is not working.

Answer 1

To delete the folder:

JFolder::delete(JPATH_ROOT.DS.'modules'.DS.'mod_footer');

To delete the File:

JFile::delete(JPATH_ROOT.DS.'modules'.DS.'mod_footer'.DS.'mod_footer.php');