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In some messages posted in this group I found that findclose must be executed after findfirst and findnext (that isn't relevant to this short peace of code) and that the current directory may not be the one that you want to delete. So I inserted the SetCurrentDirectory with a target far far away. When I try deaper or flatter structures of directories, it isn't regular what happens. The result seems to be random and almost in every case some folders aren't deleted. Sometimes there seems to be a connection to which folder is marked up in the explorer during runtime, but I tested that not quiet often. I'm logged in as an admin to the system, so that normaly the program must have the permission to delete. Does anybody knows something about this problem. I'm very happy about every little hint! Back to top Kent Briggs Guest Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:50 pm    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 Jochen Kunze wrote: Quote: I want to use RemoveDir or RemoveDirectory in my project. With W98 it works fine, but with W2000 or XP the function randomly doesn't delete some empty folders. e.g. the following code deletes v3 and v2 but not v1. SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2v3'); SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2'); SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1'); Try setting to the root of drive you are working with and see if that makes a difference: SetCurrentDir('g:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2v3'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1'); -- Kent Briggs, [email]kbriggs (AT) spamcop (DOT) net[/email] Briggs Softworks, http://www.briggsoft.com Back to top Tom de Neef Guest Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:04 pm    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 "Jochen Kunze" <mail (AT) gude (DOT) info> wrote Quote: Hi, I want to use RemoveDir or RemoveDirectory in my project. With W98 it works fine, but with W2000 or XP the function randomly doesn't delete some empty folders. e.g. the following code deletes v3 and v2 but not v1. SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2v3'); SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2'); SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1'); With "RemoveDirectory" it's nearly the same. In some messages posted in this group I found that findclose must be executed after findfirst and findnext (that isn't relevant to this short peace of code) and that the current directory may not be the one that you want to delete. So I inserted the SetCurrentDirectory with a target far far away. When I try deaper or flatter structures of directories, it isn't regular what happens. The result seems to be random and almost in every case some folders aren't deleted. Sometimes there seems to be a connection to which folder is marked up in the explorer during runtime, but I tested that not quiet often. I'm logged in as an admin to the system, so that normaly the program must have the permission to delete. Does anybody knows something about this problem. I'm very happy about every little hint! I posted a similar question last week. I'm using W2k. Responses convinced me it has nothing to do with Delphi. Only way around it I found is to remove the next time I start the application - I then check for empty subdirs that I tried to remove. It will always remove then. So, I guess, it does have something to do with the findFirst, etc calling and the removal of the files in these dirs. Tom Back to top Aaron Miles Guest Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:46 pm    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 Windows 2000 and windows xp have a hidden file they put into the directories for use as thumb nail viewer and the likes. Because of the previous use is why the folder has not been deleted. It sucks but thats life. Why not throw the directories into the recycle bin that will work. Thanks Aaron "Jochen Kunze" <mail (AT) gude (DOT) info> wrote Quote: Hi, I want to use RemoveDir or RemoveDirectory in my project. With W98 it works fine, but with W2000 or XP the function randomly doesn't delete some empty folders. e.g. the following code deletes v3 and v2 but not v1. SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2v3'); SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2'); SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1'); With "RemoveDirectory" it's nearly the same. In some messages posted in this group I found that findclose must be executed after findfirst and findnext (that isn't relevant to this short peace of code) and that the current directory may not be the one that you want to delete. So I inserted the SetCurrentDirectory with a target far far away. When I try deaper or flatter structures of directories, it isn't regular what happens. The result seems to be random and almost in every case some folders aren't deleted. Sometimes there seems to be a connection to which folder is marked up in the explorer during runtime, but I tested that not quiet often. I'm logged in as an admin to the system, so that normaly the program must have the permission to delete. Does anybody knows something about this problem. I'm very happy about every little hint! Back to top Jochen Kunze Guest Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 8:34 am    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 [email]mail (AT) gude (DOT) info[/email] (Jochen Kunze) wrote in message news:<103d3a04.0401120817.25d99fb9 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>... I've forgotten to say that: When I try GetLastError I get: ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND, although the folder exists or ERROR_DIR_NOT_EMPTY, although it is empty ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION, although I don't know which process works with that directory Back to top Jochen Kunze Guest Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 8:41 am    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 Kent Briggs <kbriggs (AT) spamcop (DOT) net> wrote Quote: Jochen Kunze wrote: I want to use RemoveDir or RemoveDirectory in my project. With W98 it works fine, but with W2000 or XP the function randomly doesn't delete some empty folders. e.g. the following code deletes v3 and v2 but not v1. SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2v3'); SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2'); SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1'); Try setting to the root of drive you are working with and see if that makes a difference: SetCurrentDir('g:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2v3'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1'); Thanks for your hint! I've tried it. But I get ERROR_DIR_NOT_EMPTY and ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND and some directories aren't deleted. Back to top Jochen Kunze Guest Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:47 am    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef (AT) qolor (DOT) nl> wrote Quote: "Jochen Kunze" <mail (AT) gude (DOT) info> wrote in message news:103d3a04.0401120817.25d99fb9 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com... Hi, I want to use RemoveDir or RemoveDirectory in my project. With W98 it works fine, but with W2000 or XP the function randomly doesn't delete some empty folders. e.g. the following code deletes v3 and v2 but not v1. SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2v3'); SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2'); SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1'); With "RemoveDirectory" it's nearly the same. In some messages posted in this group I found that findclose must be executed after findfirst and findnext (that isn't relevant to this short peace of code) and that the current directory may not be the one that you want to delete. So I inserted the SetCurrentDirectory with a target far far away. When I try deaper or flatter structures of directories, it isn't regular what happens. The result seems to be random and almost in every case some folders aren't deleted. Sometimes there seems to be a connection to which folder is marked up in the explorer during runtime, but I tested that not quiet often. I'm logged in as an admin to the system, so that normaly the program must have the permission to delete. Does anybody knows something about this problem. I'm very happy about every little hint! I posted a similar question last week. I'm using W2k. Responses convinced me it has nothing to do with Delphi. Only way around it I found is to remove the next time I start the application - I then check for empty subdirs that I tried to remove. It will always remove then. So, I guess, it does have something to do with the findFirst, etc calling and the removal of the files in these dirs. Tom Hi Tom, I've tried to use FindFirst, FindNext and FindClose and to delete the files found with this little piece of code: if (FindFirst('g:Zielv1v2v3v4*.*', faAnyFile, found) = 0) then begin writeln('Deleted File: ' + found.Name); DeleteFile('g:Zielv1v2v3v4' + (found.Name)); DeletedFiles := DeletedFiles + 1; while (FindNext(found) = 0) do begin writeln('Deleted File: ' + found.Name); DeleteFile('g:Zielv1v2v3v4' + (found.Name)); DeletedFiles := DeletedFiles + 1 end; end; FindClose(found); SetCurrentDir('c:'); removeDirectory('g:Zielv1v2v3v4'); Write('Error Removing ' + 'g:Zielv1v2v3v4: '); Writeln(GetLastError()); and so on for all v-Directories. The output was: Deleted File: . Deleted File: .. Deleted File: v5 Error Removing g:Zielv1v2v3v4: 145 Deleted File: . Deleted File: .. Deleted File: v4 Error Removing g:Zielv1v2v3: 145 Deleted File: . Deleted File: .. Deleted File: v3 Error Removing g:Zielv1v2: 145 Deleted File: . Deleted File: .. Deleted File: v2 Error Removing g:Zielv1: 145 12 And no directorie was deleted. The Errors seem to be random. Sometimes it's "The system cannot find the path specified". 145 by the way is "The directory is not empty." Does someone know what's a '.' or '..'-file is? Back to top Tom de Neef Guest Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 12:59 pm    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 "Jochen Kunze" <mail (AT) gude (DOT) info> wrote Quote: "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef (AT) qolor (DOT) nl> wrote "Jochen Kunze" <mail (AT) gude (DOT) info> wrote in message news:103d3a04.0401120817.25d99fb9 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com... Does someone know what's a '.' or '..'-file is? They are references to the current dir or its parent. I.e. "..*.*" would indicate all files in the parent directory. Why they show up with FindFirst I do not understand. I checked if anything changed when excluding these from the delete instruction, but found no difference. Tom Back to top Tom de Neef Guest Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:00 pm    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 Quote: Aaron Miles" <aaron (AT) noSpammerPLEASEqbdthebookshop (DOT) com> wrote Windows 2000 and windows xp have a hidden file they put into the directories for use as thumb nail viewer and the likes. Because of the previous use is why the folder has not been deleted. It sucks but thats life. Why not throw the directories into the recycle bin that will work. Thanks Aaron What statement would you use to accomplish a move to the recycle bin ? Tom Back to top Bruce Roberts Guest Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:54 pm    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef (AT) qolor (DOT) nl> wrote Quote: They are references to the current dir or its parent. I.e. "..*.*" would indicate all files in the parent directory. Why they show up with FindFirst I do not understand. I checked if anything changed when excluding these from the delete instruction, but found no difference. These calls go back to the days of DOS as do '.' and '..'. One of the problems with systems is that it is much harder to throw something out than to introduce new features. So Windows 2003 lives with a lot of baggage from Windows 1.0 which itself had to support MS-DOS (because it lived on-top of it). Both . and .. are virtual entries and are not real entries in the directory. Back to top Bruce Roberts Guest Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:55 pm    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef (AT) qolor (DOT) nl> wrote Quote: What statement would you use to accomplish a move to the recycle bin ? shFileOperation Back to top Duncan Murdoch Guest Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 2:00 am    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:54:14 -0500, "Bruce Roberts" <ber (AT) bounceitattcanada (DOT) xnet> wrote: Quote: Both . and .. are virtual entries and are not real entries in the directory. Actually, they are real entries in the FAT-based file systems. I don't know about NTFS. Duncan Murdoch Back to top Maarten Wiltink Guest Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 9:13 am    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 "Duncan Murdoch" <dmurdoch (AT) pair (DOT) com> wrote Quote: On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:54:14 -0500, "Bruce Roberts" [email]ber (AT) bounceitattcanada (DOT) xnet[/email]> wrote: Both . and .. are virtual entries and are not real entries in the directory. Actually, they are real entries in the FAT-based file systems. I don't know about NTFS. They were real entries, but you couldn't delete them. Nor did you have to in order to delete the directory containing them. (Not that this helps the current discussion any, of course.) In at least some Novell _clients_, it was configurable if you wanted to see current & parent directory entries. Groetjes, Maarten Wiltink Back to top Kent Briggs Guest Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 4:02 pm    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 Duncan Murdoch wrote: Quote: Actually, they are real entries in the FAT-based file systems. I don't know about NTFS. Correct, the only physical "." record in NTFS is the root directory, $MFT inode 5 to be exact. :-) -- Kent Briggs, [email]kbriggs (AT) spamcop (DOT) net[/email] Briggs Softworks, http://www.briggsoft.com Back to top J French Guest Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 12:47 pm    Post subject: Re: RemoveDir doesn't work with W2000 and XP but under W98 Bottom posted :- On 13 Jan 2004 03:47:20 -0800, [email]mail (AT) gude (DOT) info[/email] (Jochen Kunze) wrote: Quote: "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef (AT) qolor (DOT) nl> wrote "Jochen Kunze" <mail (AT) gude (DOT) info> wrote in message news:103d3a04.0401120817.25d99fb9 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com... Hi, I want to use RemoveDir or RemoveDirectory in my project. With W98 it works fine, but with W2000 or XP the function randomly doesn't delete some empty folders. e.g. the following code deletes v3 and v2 but not v1. SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2v3'); SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1v2'); SetCurrentDir('c:'); RemoveDir('g:Zielv1'); With "RemoveDirectory" it's nearly the same. In some messages posted in this group I found that findclose must be executed after findfirst and findnext (that isn't relevant to this short peace of code) and that the current directory may not be the one that you want to delete. So I inserted the SetCurrentDirectory with a target far far away. When I try deaper or flatter structures of directories, it isn't regular what happens. The result seems to be random and almost in every case some folders aren't deleted. Sometimes there seems to be a connection to which folder is marked up in the explorer during runtime, but I tested that not quiet often. I'm logged in as an admin to the system, so that normaly the program must have the permission to delete. Does anybody knows something about this problem. I'm very happy about every little hint! I posted a similar question last week. I'm using W2k. Responses convinced me it has nothing to do with Delphi. Only way around it I found is to remove the next time I start the application - I then check for empty subdirs that I tried to remove. It will always remove then. So, I guess, it does have something to do with the findFirst, etc calling and the removal of the files in these dirs. Tom Hi Tom, I've tried to use FindFirst, FindNext and FindClose and to delete the files found with this little piece of code: if (FindFirst('g:Zielv1v2v3v4*.*', faAnyFile, found) = 0) then begin writeln('Deleted File: ' + found.Name); DeleteFile('g:Zielv1v2v3v4' + (found.Name)); DeletedFiles := DeletedFiles + 1; while (FindNext(found) = 0) do begin writeln('Deleted File: ' + found.Name); DeleteFile('g:Zielv1v2v3v4' + (found.Name)); DeletedFiles := DeletedFiles + 1 end; end; FindClose(found); SetCurrentDir('c:'); removeDirectory('g:Zielv1v2v3v4'); Write('Error Removing ' + 'g:Zielv1v2v3v4: '); Writeln(GetLastError()); and so on for all v-Directories. The output was: Deleted File: . Deleted File: .. Deleted File: v5 Error Removing g:Zielv1v2v3v4: 145 Deleted File: . Deleted File: .. Deleted File: v4 Error Removing g:Zielv1v2v3: 145 Deleted File: . Deleted File: .. Deleted File: v3 Error Removing g:Zielv1v2: 145 Deleted File: . Deleted File: .. Deleted File: v2 Error Removing g:Zielv1: 145 12 And no directorie was deleted. The Errors seem to be random. Sometimes it's "The system cannot find the path specified". 145 by the way is "The directory is not empty." Does someone know what's a '.' or '..'-file is? I think that this is because FindFirst is still active - you would be better off writing the full names to a temporary file - then using FindClose - and then zapping the files and directories Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum C++ Builder Newsgroups----------------C++ BuilderC++ Builder (ActiveX)C++ Builder (Announcements)C++ Builder (Command Line Tools)C++ Builder DatabasesC++ Builder Databases (ADO)C++ Builder Databases (Desktop)C++ Builder Databases (InterBase Express)C++ Builder Databases (Multi-Tier)C++ Builder Databases (SQL Servers)C++ Builder (Graphics)C++ Builder (IDE)C++ Builder (Internet)C++ Builder (Internet Socket)C++ Builder (Internet Web)C++ Builder (Jobs)C++ Builder (Language)C++ Builder (Language C++)C++ Builder (Compatibility with MFC)C++ Builder (Native API)C++ Builder (Non-Technical)C++ Builder (Students)C++ Builder (Third Party Tools)C++ Builder (Upgrade)C++ Builder (VCL)C++ Builder (VCL Components Usage)C++ Builder (VCL Components Development)C++ Builder (VCL Usage)C++ Builder (WinAPI)C++ Builder Installation Delphi Newsgroups----------------Delphi (General)Delphi ActiveX Controls UsageDelphi ActiveX Controls DevelopmentDelphi As400Delphi DatabasesDelphi Databases (ADO)Delphi Databases (dbExpress)Delphi Databases (Desktop)Delphi Databases (InterBase Express)Delphi Databases (Multi-Tier)Delphi Databases (SQL Servers)Delphi DeploymentDelphi GraphicsDelphi IDEDelphi InternationalizationDelphi InternetDelphi Internet Isapi-WebBrokerDelphi Internet WebSnapDelphi Internet WinsockDelphi JobsDelphi Language BASMDelphi Language ObjectPascalDelphi Model Driven Architecture (General)Delphi Model Driven Architecture (Third Party)Delphi MultimediaDelphi Native APIDelphi Non-TechnicalDelphi ObjectPascalDelphi OLE AutomationDelphi OO designDelphi OpenToolsAPIDelphi Reporting-ChartingDelphi RTLDelphi StudentsDelphi TeamSourceDelphi Thirdparty ToolsDelphi Thirdparty Tools (General)Delphi Thirdparty Tools (IntraWeb)Delphi Thirdparty Tools (RaveReports)Delphi UpgradeDelphi VCLDelphi VCL ComponentsDelphi VCL Components UsingDelphi VCL Components WritingDelphi WebServices SOAPDelphi WinAPIDelphi XMLDelphi Installationcomp.lang.pascal.delphi.components.misccomp.lang.pascal.delphi.components.usagecomp.lang.pascal.delphi.components.writingcomp.lang.pascal.delphi.databasescomp.lang.pascal.delphi.misccomp.sources.delphi JBuilder Newsgroups----------------JBuilderJBuilder AnnouncementsJBuilder Applet IssuesJBuilder As400JBuilder CompilerJBuilder CORBA/RMIJBuilder DatabasesJBuilder DB SwingJBuilder DebuggerJBuilder DeploymentJBuilder DocumentationJBuilder EnterpriseJBuilder HandheldJBuilder IDEJBuilder JavaJBuilder JavaAPIJBuilder Java LanguageJBuilder Java SwingJBuilder Java BeansJBuilder Java Beans UsageJBuilder Java Beans DevelopmentJBuilder JBCLJBuilder JDataStoreJBuilder JobsJBuilder LinuxJBuilder MacintoshJBuilder & MobileSetJBuilder MultiLingual AppsJBuilder Non-TechnicalJBuilder OpenToolsJBuilder Servlets (JSP)JBuilder StudentsJBuilder Team DevelopmentJBuilder Thirdparty ToolsJBuilder UpgradeJBuilder Installation InterBase Newsgroups----------------InterBaseInterBase Bug DiscussionInterBase GeneralInterBase IBConsoleInterBase OpenSourceInterBase ReplicationInterBase SQLInterBase ThirdpartyInterBase Installation Miscellaneous Borland Newsgroups----------------AppCenterAppServerEnteraVisiBroker  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.