Delete File (Delete) - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Programming Manual

Work preparation
3.5 File handling
c) Write to an external file with explicitly generated "LF"
The following must be programmed in order to achieve the same result as under a:
Program code
...
N200 DEF STRING[30] DEV_1
N210 DEF INT ERROR
N220 DEV_1="LOCAL_DRIVE/myprotfile.mpf"
N230 EXTOPEN(ERROR,DEV_1)
N240 WRITE(ERROR,DEV_1,"MY_STRING'H0A'")
N250 WRITE(ERROR,DEV_1,"MY_STRING'H0A'")
N260 EXTCLOSE(ERROR,DEV_1)
N270 M30
Output result:
MY_STRING
MY_STRING
3.5.2

Delete file (DELETE)

The DELETE command deletes all files, irrespective of whether these were created using
the WRITE command or not. Files that were created using a higher access authorization can
also be deleted with DELETE.
Syntax
DEF INT <error>
DELETE(<error>,"<file name>")
Meaning
DELETE:
<error>:
568
Command for deleting the specified file.
Variable for returning the error value.
Type. INT
Value: 0 No error
1 Path not allowed
2 Path not found
3 File not found
4 Incorrect file type
11 The file is in use
12 No resources available
20 Other error
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