Parameters

path

A string containing the name of the file to be deleted.

Permissions

Type	Reason
System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission	Requires permission to write to the specified file. See System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermissionAccess.Write.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentException	path is a zero-length string, contains only white space, or contains one or more implementation-specific invalid characters.
ArgumentNullException	path is null.
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException	The directory information specified in path was not found.
System.IO.IOException	The specified file is in use.
System.Security.SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission.
UnauthorizedAccessException	The caller does not have the required permission.
System.IO.PathTooLongException	The length of path or the absolute path information for path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.

Remarks

The path argument is permitted to specify relative or absolute path information. Relative path information is interpreted as relative to the current working directory.

Note: To obtain the current working directory, see Directory.GetCurrentDirectory.

Note: Some implementations might throw System.IO.IOException to cover such implementation-specific conditions as "file in use".

Requirements

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0