removeItem(atPath:)
Removes the file or directory at the specified path.
Declaration
func removeItem(atPath path: String) throwsParameters
- path:
A path string indicating the file or directory to remove. If the path specifies a directory, the contents of that directory are recursively removed. You may specify
nilfor this parameter in Objective-C.
Discussion
Prior to removing each item, the file manager asks its delegate if it should actually do so. It does this by calling the fileManager(_:shouldRemoveItemAt:) method; if that method is not implemented (or the process is running in OS X 10.5 or earlier) it calls the fileManager(_:shouldRemoveItemAtPath:) method instead. If the delegate method returns true, or if the delegate does not implement the appropriate methods, the file manager proceeds to remove the file or directory. If there is an error removing an item, the file manager may also call the delegate’s fileManager(_:shouldProceedAfterError:removingItemAt:) or fileManager(_:shouldProceedAfterError:removingItemAtPath:) method to determine how to proceed.
Removing an item also removes all old versions of that item, invalidating any URLs returned by the url(forPublishingUbiquitousItemAt:expiration:) method to old versions.