Add unlink_files method to TestCmd, replace file deletion loops with method calls in msvs executable test scripts, re-order CHANGES.txt.

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/testing/framework/TestCmd.py b/testing/framework/TestCmd.py
index c207aa7..98094c8 100644
--- a/testing/framework/TestCmd.py
+++ b/testing/framework/TestCmd.py
@@ -1872,6 +1872,31 @@ class TestCmd:
         file = self.canonicalize(file)
         os.unlink(file)
 
+    def unlink_files(self, dirpath, files):
+        """Unlinks a list of file names from the specified directory.
+
+        The directory path may be a list, in which case the elements are
+        concatenated with the os.path.join() method.
+
+        A file name may be a list, in which case the elements are
+        concatenated with the os.path.join() method.
+
+        The directory path and file name are concatenated with the
+        os.path.join() method.  The resulting file path is assumed to be
+        under the temporary working directory unless it is an absolute path
+        name.  An attempt to unlink the resulting file is made only when the
+        file exists otherwise the file path is ignored.
+        """
+        if is_List(dirpath):
+            dirpath = os.path.join(*dirpath)
+        for file in files:
+            if is_List(file):
+                file = os.path.join(*file)
+            filepath = os.path.join(dirpath, file)
+            filepath = self.canonicalize(filepath)
+            if os.path.exists(filepath):
+                self.unlink(filepath)
+
     def verbose_set(self, verbose) -> None:
         """Sets the verbose level."""
         self.verbose = verbose