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Delete the contents of a directory

Delete the contents of a directory without deleting the directory itself.

Submitted By: RodgerB

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Language: VB.NET

Last Modified: January 1, 1970

Instructions: 1) Copy and paste this subroutine into a class.

2) Read the information on how to call the snippet.

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''' <summary>
''' Deletes the contents of a directory.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="dir">Directory to delete the contents of.</param>
Public Sub DeleteDirContents(ByVal dir As IO.DirectoryInfo)
Dim fa() As IO.FileInfo
Dim f As IO.FileInfo
fa = dir.GetFiles
For Each f In fa
f.Delete()
Next
Dim da() As IO.DirectoryInfo
Dim d1 As IO.DirectoryInfo
da = dir.GetDirectories
For Each d1 In da
DeleteDirContents(d1)
Next
End Sub
' To use the subroutine, use this code inside a subroutine.
' "c:\lol" being the path you would like to use.
DeleteDirContents(New IO.DirectoryInfo("c:\lol"))

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