Delete File

Filesfiredcore.file.delete

Delete a file in the sandbox on a trigger. Deleting a file that is not there does nothing. Emits the file’s path inside the sandbox.

Fired. It runs when an event or a value lands on trigger, and pulls its other inputs at that moment.

Inputs

Port	Type	Notes
trigger	event	Fires the node
path	text	Optional

Outputs

Port	Type	Notes
trigger	event
path	text

Knobs

Right-click a knob and pick Convert to input to drive it from a wire.

Knob	Kind	Default	Notes
path	text	empty

Example

Deletes a file in user/data/files when trigger fires. A file that is already gone is not an error, and a folder is never deleted.

More in Files

• Append File: Append text to a file in the sandbox on a trigger, creating it if it is not there.
• List Dir: List the names in a folder of the sandbox, fresh each time a node reads it.
• Read File: Read a file’s text from the sandbox, fresh each time a node reads it.
• Write File: Write text to a file in the sandbox on a trigger, creating its folders.