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The Erase procedure attempts to erase a file given by the FileHandle.
The file name must have been assigned to the given FileHandle by the AssignFile routine.
If the file does not exist, then the EInOutError exception is raised.
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| Example code : Create a simple file, then try to delete it twice |
var
myFile : TextFile;
begin
// Let us open a text file
AssignFile(myFile, 'Test.txt');
ReWrite(myFile);
// And write a single line to it
WriteLn(myFile, 'Hello World');
// Then close it
CloseFile(myFile);
// And finally erase it
Erase(myFile);
// If we try to raise it again, we'll raise an exception
try
Erase(myFile);
except
on E : Exception do
ShowMessage('Cannot erase : '+E.Message);
end;
end;
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Cannot erase : File not found
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