'''file delete''' ''?'''-force'''? ?'''- -'''? pathname ?pathname ... ?'' Removes the file or directory specified by each ''pathname'' argument. Non-empty directories will be removed only if the '''-force''' option is specified. When operating on symbolic links, the links themselves will be deleted, not the objects they point to. Trying to delete a non-existent file is not considered an error. Trying to delete a read-only file will cause the file to be deleted, even if the '''-force''' flags is not specified. If the '''-force''' option is specified on a directory, Tcl will attempt both to change permissions and move the current directory '[pwd]' out of the given path if that is necessary to allow the deletion to proceed. Arguments are processed in the order specified, halting at the first error, if any. A '''- -''' marks the end of switches; the argument following the '''- -''' will be treated as a pathname even if it starts with a '''-'''. ---- Note that to use '''file delete''' and '''[glob]''', you need to do: eval file delete [glob -dir $dir *.orig] for example. The eval is required to 'flatten' the list that glob returns. Also, note that file delete pathname only deletes the directory if it is empty. However file delete -force -- pathname will delete the directory, and everything under it, regardless. It is the functional equivalent of saying rm -rf pathname on Unix. ---- See also: * [file] * [file copy] * [file rename] ---- [Tcl syntax help] - [Category Command]