De: "Hans-Christoph Steiner" hans@at.or.at
If you're using Pd-extended 0.43.4, there is the 'tclfile' library, which provides a bunch of objects for file operations:
http://puredata.info/downloads/tclfile/releases/0
Just drop the 'tclfile' folder into user library folder: http://puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files
very nice!
just a little precision, once 'tclfile' folder has been dropped, the objects can be called like this
[tclfile/delete]