1.12. Element delete

<delete
  files = Glob pattern
  recurse = boolean : false
  quiet = boolean : false
/>

Deletes specified files.

Has no effect is specified wildcard does not match any file.

Will report an error if one of the specified files cannot be deleted. Attribute quiet can be used to suppress the error message when one of the specified files does not exist.

If attribute recurse is specified with value true, it will also recursively delete specified directories. Otherwise, if one of the specified files is a directory, it will report an error message.