DirRemove question

[fly]

Okay, this is some code I have in a function:

ElseIf FileExists($datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo)) Then
        $overwrite = MsgBox(20, "Uh-oh", "Directory already found for user.  Overwrite?")
            If $overwrite = 6 Then
            ;MsgBox(0, "del", "deleting dir: |" & $datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo) & "|")
            ;DirRemove($datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo), 1)
                $vUserCombo = GUICtrlRead($userCombo)
            ;$datastore = "\\usmtserv1\backup$"
                $test = DirRemove($datastore & "\" & $vUserCombo, 1)
                MsgBox(0, "fdsf", $test)
            Else
                MsgBox(0, "Well then...", "Please remove/rename existing datastore directory")
            EndIf

It will see that the folder exists on my server, but refuses to actually delete the folder (although I get a return code of 1, saying it was successfully deleted.) What am I doing wrong? Please excuse the comments, I've been running tests to try and see what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks for any help.

[BigDod]

Could it be a permissions issue.

Have you tried deleting manually to check if it can be done outside of the script.

[fly]

Could it be a permissions issue.

Have you tried deleting manually to check if it can be done outside of the script.

Yes. I can def delete the folder. sorry, I should have mentioned that.

[BigDod]

Yes. I can def delete the folder. sorry, I should have mentioned that.

Try using the DirRemove command with the full pathname instead of variable to see if that does it.

I am clutching at straws here.

[fly]

Try using the DirRemove command with the full pathname instead of variable to see if that does it.

I am clutching at straws here.

Nope.

Hmmm

If I take the DirRemove out of the function, it works fine.

[bboysza]

Nope.

Hmmm

If I take the DirRemove out of the function, it works fine.

Can you msgbox $userCombo before DirRemove to see if there's any unwanted characters in there?

Or

msgbox(0, "", $datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo))

If that's Ok then maybe...

$Dir2Rem = $datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo)
DirRemove($Dir2Rem, 1)

[fly]

Can you msgbox $userCombo before DirRemove to see if there's any unwanted characters in there?

Or

msgbox(0, "", $datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo))

If that's Ok then maybe...

$Dir2Rem = $datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo)
DirRemove($Dir2Rem, 1)

Yeah, I put in

MsgBox(0, "del", "deleting dir: |" & $datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo) & "|")

to see if there were any extra characters or spaces, and everything looked right.

The 2nd code you gave me also gives me a return code of 1, meaning it deleted, but didn't delete anything either.

[BigDod]

Could the "$" in $datastore = "\\usmtserv1\backup$" be causing problems.

Still clutching at straws.

Edit - If it is you could map a drive letter to it instead.

Edited November 3, 2005 by BigDod

[fly]

Could the "$" in $datastore = "\\usmtserv1\backup$" be causing problems.

Still clutching at straws.

Edit - If it is you could map a drive letter to it instead.

Good thought. I tried mapping the drive like this:

$Dir2Rem = "U:\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo)
                $test = DirRemove($Dir2Rem, 1)
                MsgBox(0, "fdsf", $test)

Still didn't work. I have to be doing something wrong, cause it works outside the function...

[BigDod]

Could you post the whole function to see if that gives some clues.

[blademonkey]

Are you trying to delete the contents of the share? or are you trying to remove the share from the computer?

if anyone else is using any file from within that pipe, it will not let you delete the item unless you close the session.

Edited November 3, 2005 by blademonkey

[fly]

Could you post the whole function to see if that gives some clues.

Here it is. I write horrible code.

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Func checkNullVars()
    MsgBox(0, "fdsa", "checkNullVars()")
    If Not GUICtrlRead($userCombo) Then; Check that an ID was selected
        SetError(1)
        Return("User ID not selected.")
    ElseIf GUICtrlRead($loadGroupY) = 1 Then; If 'load to new' is selected, check all this crap
        If Not GUICtrlRead($adminID) Then
            SetError(1)
            Return("Administrator ID not entered.")
        ElseIf Not GUICtrlRead($adminPass) Then
            SetError(1)
            Return("Administrator password not entered.")
        ElseIf Not GUICtrlRead($newPC) Then
            SetError(1)
            Return("New PC name not entered.")
        EndIf
    ElseIf FileExists($datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo)) Then
        $overwrite = MsgBox(20, "Uh-oh", "Directory already found for user.  Overwrite?")
            If $overwrite = 6 Then
            ;MsgBox(0, "del", "deleting dir: |" & $datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo) & "|")
            ;DirRemove($datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo), 1)
            ;$vUserCombo = GUICtrlRead($userCombo)
            ;$datastore = "\\usmtserv1\backup$"
            ;DirRemove("\\usmtserv1\backup$\holmesz", 1)
                Dim $Dir2Rem
            ;$Dir2Rem = $datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo)
                $Dir2Rem = "U:\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo)
                $test = DirRemove($Dir2Rem, 1)
                MsgBox(0, "fdsf", $test)
            Else
                MsgBox(0, "Well then...", "Please remove/rename existing datastore directory")
            EndIf
    Else; Everything checks out!
        SetError(0)
        Return("")
    EndIf

EndFunc

[bboysza]

Here it is. I write horrible code.

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Func checkNullVars()
    MsgBox(0, "fdsa", "checkNullVars()")
    If Not GUICtrlRead($userCombo) Then; Check that an ID was selected
        SetError(1)
        Return("User ID not selected.")
    ElseIf GUICtrlRead($loadGroupY) = 1 Then; If 'load to new' is selected, check all this crap
        If Not GUICtrlRead($adminID) Then
            SetError(1)
            Return("Administrator ID not entered.")
        ElseIf Not GUICtrlRead($adminPass) Then
            SetError(1)
            Return("Administrator password not entered.")
        ElseIf Not GUICtrlRead($newPC) Then
            SetError(1)
            Return("New PC name not entered.")
        EndIf
    ElseIf FileExists($datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo)) Then
        $overwrite = MsgBox(20, "Uh-oh", "Directory already found for user.  Overwrite?")
            If $overwrite = 6 Then
            ;MsgBox(0, "del", "deleting dir: |" & $datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo) & "|")
            ;DirRemove($datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo), 1)
            ;$vUserCombo = GUICtrlRead($userCombo)
            ;$datastore = "\\usmtserv1\backup$"
            ;DirRemove("\\usmtserv1\backup$\holmesz", 1)
                Dim $Dir2Rem
            ;$Dir2Rem = $datastore & "\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo)
                $Dir2Rem = "U:\" & GUICtrlRead($userCombo)
                $test = DirRemove($Dir2Rem, 1)
                MsgBox(0, "fdsf", $test)
            Else
                MsgBox(0, "Well then...", "Please remove/rename existing datastore directory")
            EndIf
    Else; Everything checks out!
        SetError(0)
        Return("")
    EndIf

EndFunc

Ah, I didn't even notice he was referencing a hiddenshare. It might not be so much a problem with the $ sign in the name, but perhaps how AutoIT works with the filesystem - which I'm not even sure how that is. Does DirRemove just send API's? I don't know, but one thing to try is to create another share for backup$ that isn't hidden.

[Jos]

Does DirRemove just send API's? I don't know, but one thing to try is to create another share for backup$ that isn't hidden.

It uses the standard RemoveDirectory() function for none recursion directory deletion.

It is using SHFileOperation for FIle& recursion deletion.

Could it be that Hidden files are not deleted and thus the file isn't delete ?

EDIT: updated

Edited November 3, 2005 by JdeB

[fly]

Ah, I didn't even notice he was referencing a hiddenshare. It might not be so much a problem with the $ sign in the name, but perhaps how AutoIT works with the filesystem - which I'm not even sure how that is. Does DirRemove just send API's? I don't know, but one thing to try is to create another share for backup$ that isn't hidden.

I tried it from another directory that wasn't behind a hidden share, and that deleted. Odd that it happens even if you map the hidden share, and that it only happens in a function...

Would this qualify as a bug?

edit: I didn't actually try the same directory, I tried to delete a folder in another directory from that function. I'll try resharing that backup$ directory tomorrow unhidden and give it a full test. Leaving for the day. Thanks for the help!

Edited November 3, 2005 by fly

[fly]

I tried it from another directory that wasn't behind a hidden share, and that deleted. Odd that it happens even if you map the hidden share, and that it only happens in a function...

Would this qualify as a bug?

edit: I didn't actually try the same directory, I tried to delete a folder in another directory from that function. I'll try resharing that backup$ directory tomorrow unhidden and give it a full test. Leaving for the day. Thanks for the help!

Oooook.

I have no idea what is going on here. I tried it from an unhidden share, and it still refuses to delete. I am using the beta, if that matters...

[Nuffilein805]

are you the only 1 using this dir?

if there's just 1 more person using it it will refuse to be deleted!

maybe you could try using dos to help you

net use | more > test.txt

to write it to a file who is using which application/folder

then you can check the file line by line if someone's using the folder you want to delete

[fly]

are you the only 1 using this dir?

if there's just 1 more person using it it will refuse to be deleted!

maybe you could try using dos to help you

to write it to a file who is using which application/folder

then you can check the file line by line if someone's using the folder you want to delete

Nope. No one is in it. Its my test server. And the return code is 1, so it thinks it deleted it...

[Nuffilein805]

as i see from your script (maybe i'm wrong) your returncode should be " "

have you tried the *same* script on a different directory?

i've seen you tried something on a different directory but was it that script?

you said the dirremove works from outside the function (on that dir?)

[randallc]

Hi,

I agree, there might be a bug here? Or is it still a compression or some other attribute setting upsetting it?

Dos delete works on my same directory

Best, Randall