How to access and delete a file in javascript

[xaverian]

Hi ,

My requirement is to access a file(in unix) from my javascript funtion.

Let us assume , I have the following javascript function :

function deleteFile()
{

var file = "dest.txt" ;



}

Now this file is inside a directory in my present directory.
My present directory say, /home/myuser/
The dest.txt file is under a directory my_dir in my present directory.

How can I then access it as /home/myuser/my_dir/dest.txt and delete the same.

Please help. Thanks

[DrDOS]

Javascript doesn't allow access to the file system, for security reasons. It can only link to files of the .js extensions, or modify the code of the current page, and then only for the browser session.

[jalarie]

You should be able to do this using Visual Basic Script, but ONLY from within the Internet Explorer browser.

I've done it on a Windows machine, but I don't have unix to test it. Sorry.