os.remove
Lua function os.remove Summary Deletes a file Prototype `ok, message = os.remove (filename)` Description `Deletes the file. On success, returns true. If it cannot, it returns nil followed by an error message.
    os.remove ("test.txt") --> true
    ok, err = os.remove ("test.txt") --> nil, test.txt: No such file or directory
` See Also ... Topics Lua base functions Lua bc (big number) functions Lua bit manipulation functions Lua coroutine functions Lua debug functions Lua io functions Lua math functions Lua os functions Lua package functions Lua PCRE regular expression functions Lua script extensions Lua string functions Lua table functions Lua utilities Scripting Lua functions os.clock (Amount of CPU time used) os.date (Formats a date/time string) os.difftime (Calculates a time difference in seconds) os.execute (Executes an operating system command) os.exit (Attempts to terminate the process) os.getenv (Returns an operating system environment variable) os.rename (Renames a file) os.setlocale (Sets the current locale to the supplied locale) os.time (Returns the current time or calculates the time in seconds from a table) os.tmpname (Returns a name for a temporary file) (Help topic: lua=os.remove) Documentation contents page