Need C code to delete file

c seeker

Can some please give me a C code that will delete files, whose locations are mentioned in a text file. For example, I have a text file (files.txt) with multiple file paths, one per line. The C program should read the text file and delete the files one by one.

I prefer C because I need to create a 16 bit exe. If someone know a way to create 16-bit exe from VBS, I would really appreciate that as well.

Thanks a lot in advance.

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Vulpes11y ago
Try this:

int main()
{
FILE *f;
char filepath[256];
int result, len;

f = fopen("files.txt", "rt");

while(fgets(filepath, 256, f) != NULL)
{
len = strlen(filepath);
if (filepath[len - 1] == '\n') filepath[len - 1] = '\0';
result = remove(filepath);

if (!result)
{
printf("%s deleted successfully\n", filepath);
}
else
{
printf("Unable to delete %s\n", filepath);
}
}

fclose(f);

return 0;
}

AFAICR, there was a separate 16 bit version of VB Script but I don't know whether it's still distributed with 32 bit versions of Windows or not.

It's safe to assume that it won't be distributed with 64 bit versions of Windows as you can no longer run 16 bit applications on these.
Kim Khan11y ago
Thanks for your information.