How to delete a file from a C++ app without console window in Windows?

Question

I need to delete a temporary file from my C++ windows application (developed in Borland C++ Builder). Currently I use a simple:

system("del tempfile.tmp");

This causes a console window to flash in front of my app and it doesn't look very professional. How do I do this without the console window?

Answer 1

Or, even the standard C library function int remove( const char *path ); .

Answer 2

It sounds like you need the Win32 function DeleteFile (). You will need to #include <windows.h> to use it.

Answer 3

For a slightly more portable (Ie that works in both Windows and UNIX), I use unlink() or the ISO conformant _unlink() in io.h (unlink() for UNIX include unistd.h)
Remove() actually calls _unlink().