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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 function overcomes that limitation by returning a boolean success status.

function ok = unlink(apath)

arguments
  apath {mustBeTextScalar}
end

fallback for if MEX not compiled

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

end

Published with MATLAB® R2024b