>Vfp 5.0a SP3
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>In HELP for DELETE FILE, it says under Remarks:
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>"The file you want to delete cannot be open when DELETE FILE is issued. The file name must include a path if it is on a different drive or volume, or in a different directory or folder from the default, and the file name extension must be included. The file name cannot contain wildcards."
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>… but when my default is on drive C: and I issue the command "DELETE FILE D:\Temp\xxx*.*", all files in D:\Temp matching xxx*.* ARE successfully deleted. As it turns out, this is what I want to happen. I do have concerns, though, as the documentation seems to say that this capability is not supported.
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>How safe am I to rely on this capability?
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>Bob

I would suggest looking at the ERASE command; its help says: "FileName can contain wildcard characters such as * and ?. For example, to erase backup files with ERASE *.BAK."