sysutils.recyclebin.empty() | LuaRT free and open source Windows programming framework for Lua

sysutils.recyclebin.empty(drive)

Empties the Recycle Bin on the specified drive.

Parameters

drive

A string that contains the path of the root drive of the Recycle Bin to empty.

Notes

If the string is empty, all Recycle Bins on all drives will be emptied.

Return value

Returns a boolean value indicating if the operation succeeded.

Example


local sysutils = require "sysutils"

-- Try to empty the Recycle Bin of "C:\\" drive
if sysutils.recyclebin.empty("C:\\") then
   print("Successfully emptied the C:\\ Recycle Bin")
else
   print("Failed to empty C:\\ Recycle Bin")
end