Delete an entire Folder including sub folders and files

[xxgeek]

Been working on a project where I needed to delete an entire folder. hmmm.
Until I can buckle down on the info$()function this will have to do.
Hopefully someone else will find this helpful too.


'by xxgeek Oct 2022

'   This function deletes any folder along with all sub folders and files.

'   cmd.exe is Windows Command Shell
   /c closes the command shell when mission completes
'   rd    command to remove the directory
'   /s     deletes all sub folders and files - Note: cannot delete files in use
'   /q     does it quietly - nothing to see, or interupt, even on errors - eg: "File in use"
If there is a "file in use" then all folders on the path to that file will not get deleted either;
Since a folder cannot be deleted with any files in it, or any folders containing files or folders.

anyfolder$ = "Path to any folder"   '   eg: "c:\MyFiles\BasFiles\Old"   deletes the "Old" folder completely

anyfolder$ = delDir$(anyfolder$)

end

function delDir$(folder$)
    run "cmd.exe /c rd /s /q ";folder$
end function