Vb.Net - Delete an existing file using a "Wildcard"

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Can anybody help?

I am writing a Vb.Net "Addin" for Inventor.

I am trying to delete an existing file using a "Wildcard", but, I have tried various solutions but none seem to work!

For example:

Say I have a file called "Test123456.txt" and I want to delete it using the wildcard "Test*.txt" (* being the Wildcard).

Can anybody tell me how to do this?

Many thanks in advance!

Darren

[Dev_rim · Accepted solution]

Hi there.

You have to create a Directory Info object using the path of the folder that contains files you want to delete. And look for all files inside of it "Test*.text"

If you want to look for all sub folders, You can use this:

Dim dinfo As New DirectoryInfo(YOUR_FOLDER_PATH)
For Each myFile In dinfo.GetFiles("Test*.txt", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
    File.Delete(myFile)
Next 

If you want to check only the folder you entered, not the subfolders then you have to change "SearchOption.AllDirectories" to "SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly".

I hope it will help.

Regards

Devrim