File.Delete Method
Definition
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Deletes the file or directory denoted by this abstract pathname.
[Android.Runtime.Register("delete", "()Z", "GetDeleteHandler")]
public virtual bool Delete();[<Android.Runtime.Register("delete", "()Z", "GetDeleteHandler")>]
abstract member Delete : unit -> bool
override this.Delete : unit -> boolReturns
true if and only if the file or directory is
successfully deleted; false otherwise
- Attributes
Remarks
Deletes the file or directory denoted by this abstract pathname. If this pathname denotes a directory, then the directory must be empty in order to be deleted.
Note that the java.nio.file.Files class defines the java.nio.file.Files#delete(Path) delete method to throw an IOException when a file cannot be deleted. This is useful for error reporting and to diagnose why a file cannot be deleted.
Java documentation for java.io.File.delete().
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