Delete Files

Updated on 14 May 2021
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This is generated from the built in components of Otter 3.0.0, and may be different than what you have installed (especially if you have extensions); go to [User Icon] -> Documentation within your BuildMaster instance to see exactly what operations are available.

Delete Files

Deletes files on a server.

Script usage:

Delete-Files(
	Include: <@(text)>,
	[Exclude: <@(text)>],
	[Directory: <text>],
	[Verbose: <true/false>]
);

This operation may be prefixed with Files::, although this is a built-in namespace and isn't really necessary.

Arguments:

Name	Format	Script Usage	Usage Notes
☆ Include (default)	@(text)	Include	See KB#1119 to learn more about masking syntax. This argument is required.
Exclude	@(text)	Exclude	See KB#1119 to learn more about masking syntax.
Directory	text	Directory
Verbose	true/false	Verbose

Note: This operation will delete files one-by-one. To clear large directories, a PowerShell script may be more performant.

Example:

# delete all .config files in the working directory except web.config
Delete-Files(
    Include: *.config,
    Exlude: web.config
);

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