UNLINK delete file or empty directory

optional: mex

Matlab or GNU Octave delete() has trouble with not being able to delete open files on Windows. This MEX function overcomes that limitation. This function returns a boolean success status, which delete() does not.

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This function is written in C++ using STL filesystem

function ok = unlink(apath)

arguments
  apath (1,1) string
end

fallback for if MEX not compiled

try
  delete(apath);
  ok = true;
catch
  ok = false;
end

end

Published with MATLAB® R2024b