Here is my problem. I want to delete the files contained in a directory from a list contained in a file. Here is an example:
The input file is a regular text file in the following format (call it myfile.txt); item1 item2 item3 item4 .... What I want to do is look in a directory and delete any file in the directory that contains any item on the list. For example, lets say the contents of the directory looks like this: 07/24/2003 01:27 AM 3,812 heresanitem1 07/24/2003 10:42 PM 912,126 heretoitem2 07/14/2003 12:19 AM 234 item3ishere 06/12/2003 10:25 PM 34,049 leavemealone 06/12/2003 10:25 PM 16,683 leavemealonetoo 07/22/2003 11:36 PM 1,825 yupitem4yup .... I would like to read each line of the file from "myfile.txt" [getline() I suppose] and then delete the files that have ANY MATCHING information from the input file. So if the input file has "item1" it will delete the file "heresanitem1" as well as "alsoitem1aswell" from the directory. So when I run the script the sample directory above will look like this: 06/12/2003 10:25 PM 34,049 leavemealone 06/12/2003 10:25 PM 16,683 leavemealonetoo .... This problem has been tough for me. I have read everything I can get my hands on concerning unlink but I cannot get this problem solved. Any help appreciated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
