[Tutor] Self-Deleting
Alan Gauld
alan.gauld at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu Aug 12 22:43:32 CEST 2004
> Can a programme delete itself?
Yes but how best to do it depends on the OS.
If its Windoze then writing an entry to the RunOnce registry
entry is usually the best way to do it. Next time the user
restarts the file gets deleted. (And on Windows that will
probably be within a day or so! :-) You can also force a
restart but thats a tad unfriendly. You could also set a
key that prevents use until the deletion takes place.
The RunOnce program should not only delete the file but
also clean up the registry etc too of course... Unless you
want to make sure that they never reinstall for another free
trial, in which case leave one key live...
Lots of options.
In Unix the options are many and varied including just
deleting the file directly, setting cron jobs, etc etc...
Alan G.
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