by Vlad Azarkhin (1 Submission)
Category: Files/File Controls/Input/Output
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(4 Votes)
Delete a folder, with all it's subdirectories.
Inputs
The folder name, for example:
"c:\My documents\stuff" will delete the "stuff" folder.
Assumes
Simple recursion.
Side Effects
System and hidden files will not be deleted, so the directory won't be deleted either. However You cen rewrite the function a little to work with hidden file.
VBcodersPublic Sub CleanAllPath(sPath As String)
Dim sName As String
Dim sFullName As String
' Array used for holding the directories,
' however collection may be used as well
Dim Dirs() As String
Dim DirsNo As Integer
Dim i As Integer
If Not Right(sPath, 1) = "\" Then
sPath = sPath & "\"
End If
' clean all files in the directory
sName = Dir(sPath & "*.*")
While Len(sName) > 0
sFullName = sPath & sName
SetAttr sFullName, vbNormal
Kill sFullName
sName = Dir
Wend
sName = Dir(sPath & "*.*", vbHidden)
While Len(sName) > 0
sFullName = sPath & sName
SetAttr sFullName, vbNormal
Kill sFullName
sName = Dir
Wend
' read all the directories into array
DirsNo = 0
sName = Dir(sPath, vbDirectory)
While Len(sName) > 0
If sName <> "." And sName <> ".." Then
DirsNo = DirsNo + 1
ReDim Preserve Dirs(DirsNo) As String
Dirs(DirsNo - 1) = sName
End If
sName = Dir
Wend
For i = 0 To DirsNo - 1
CleanAllPath (sPath & Dirs(i) & "\")
RmDir sPath & Dirs(i)
Next
End Sub
