File Delete Fail

[Nunos]

#RequireAdmin
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <FileConstants.au3>

$sFilePath = @HomeDrive & "\zoek_results.log"
    If FileExists($sFilePath) Then
        FileDelete($sFileZoekLog)
        If @error = 0 Then
            MsgBox(0, "0", $sFileZoekLog & " was removed.")
        ElseIf @error = 1 Then
        ;   MsgBox(0, "1", $sFileZoekLog & "was not removed.")
        EndIf
    Else
        MsgBox(0, "Error Code", "The error code is: " & @error)
    EndIf

As part of my script I need to delete this file C:\zoek_results.log

I have tried modifying the above over and over but always the same I get the MsgBox Error Code and it is 0. I looked at the set attributes but I don't know what to set it to and none of the attributes I attempted to change worked. What am I missing?

[careca]

Im confused, what is

$sFileZoekLog

?

You mention a msgbox and the code 0, but isn't that from fileexists instead of filedelete?

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@Nunos

FileDelete() does not return any @error code, so it is always be 0.

Try to check the return value of the function.

If FileDelete(YourFile) Then
    ConsoleWrite("File deleted successfully." & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite("Error while deleting the file." & @CRLF)

EDIT:

As @careca said, that variable in the FileDelete() function seems to not containing the file path to delete.

Edited September 19, 2018 by FrancescoDiMuro

[Nunos]

4 minutes ago, careca said:

Im confused, what is

$sFileZoekLog

?

You mention a msgbox and the code 0, but isn't that from fileexists instead of filedelete?

Oh that is what I had changed the $sFilePath from and too back and forth in various tests trying to see what I am doing wrong

So $sFilePath should be $sFileZoekLog

 

As far as the @error I guess I don't know I thought it was the return from FileDelete() ?

Edited September 19, 2018 by Nunos

[Nunos]

 

16 minutes ago, FrancescoDiMuro said:

@Nunos

FileDelete() does not return any @error code, so it is always be 0.

Try to check the return value of the function.

If FileDelete(YourFile) Then
    ConsoleWrite("File deleted successfully." & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite("Error while deleting the file." & @CRLF)

Okay I tried below.

#RequireAdmin
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <FileConstants.au3>

_RMVZOEKLOG()

Func _RMVZOEKLOG()
    $sFileZoekLog = @HomeDrive & "\zoek_results.log"
    If FileDelete($sFileZoekLog) Then
    ConsoleWrite("File deleted successfully." & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite("Error while deleting the file." & @CRLF)
EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_RMVZOEKLOG

and the console says.

--> Press Ctrl+Alt+Break to Restart or Ctrl+Break to Stop
Error while deleting the file.
+>14:41:05 AutoIt3.exe ended.rc:0
+>14:41:05 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished.
>Exit code: 0    Time: 1.003

 

So what do I need to do to actually delete the file?

[Danp2]

So, the file resides in the root directory of the home drive? If not, then what is the full path to the file?

[Nunos]

@Danp2

 

Yes it is C:\zoek_results.log on this system but there are times when the HomeDrive is not C: on some systems so I was trying to address that with the @HomeDrive call.

[Danp2]

Ok... just wanted to be sure. Could it be a rights issue?

[Simpel]

Hi.

What says ConsoleWrite($sFileZoekLog & @CRLF) and ConsoleWrite(FileExists($sFileZoekLog) & @CRLF)?

Simpel

[Nunos]

6 minutes ago, Danp2 said:

Ok... just wanted to be sure. Could it be a rights issue?

It could be but I did #RequireAdmin at top of script. 

 

[Nunos]

5 minutes ago, Simpel said:

Hi.

What says ConsoleWrite($sFileZoekLog & @CRLF) and ConsoleWrite(FileExists($sFileZoekLog) & @CRLF)?

Simpel

#RequireAdmin
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <FileConstants.au3>


Func _RMVZOEKLOG()
    $sFileZoekLog = @HomeDrive & "\zoek_results.log"
    If FileDelete($sFileZoekLog) Then
    ConsoleWrite("File deleted successfully." & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite("Error while deleting the file." & @CRLF)
EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_RMVZOEKLOG


$sFileZoekLog = @HomeDrive & "\zoek_results.log"
ConsoleWrite($sFileZoekLog & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite(FileExists($sFileZoekLog) & @CRLF)

--> Press Ctrl+Alt+Break to Restart or Ctrl+Break to Stop
C:\zoek_results.log
0
+>15:10:22 AutoIt3.exe ended.rc:0
+>15:10:22 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished.
>Exit code: 0    Time: 0.8142

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@Nunos

Does deleting the file manually work?

[careca]

FileExists = 0? this is weird and im out of ideas.

[Simpel]

Strange. Can you "Shift"-Rightclick the logfile and copy path and then declare $sFileZoekLog directly with that copied path (and ConsoleWrite it)? Maybe there is a special character hidden (or a space)?

ConsoleWrite($sFileZoekLog & "--" & @CRLF)  to see if there is a hidden space or:

#include <Array.au3>
Local $sFileZoekLog = ; paste with STRG+V the path you copied via Shift+Rightclick
; Convert the string to an ASCII array.
Local $aArray = StringToASCIIArray($sFileZoekLog)
; Display the array to see that it contains the ASCII values for each character in the string.
_ArrayDisplay($aArray)

to see if there is possibly a strange character inside.

Simpel

[Nunos]

12 hours ago, FrancescoDiMuro said:

@Nunos

Does deleting the file manually work?

Yes I can manually delete the file but I do receive what I believe to be a user account control prompt. I am running the script with #RequireAdmin and using a local administrator account.

9 hours ago, careca said:

FileExists = 0? this is weird and im out of ideas.

I am confused about it as well. I am thinking it must be a permissions issue but I don't know how to solve it.

4 hours ago, Simpel said:

Strange. Can you "Shift"-Rightclick the logfile and copy path and then declare $sFileZoekLog directly with that copied path (and ConsoleWrite it)? Maybe there is a special character hidden (or a space)?

ConsoleWrite($sFileZoekLog & "--" & @CRLF)  to see if there is a hidden space or:

#include <Array.au3>
Local $sFileZoekLog = ; paste with STRG+V the path you copied via Shift+Rightclick
; Convert the string to an ASCII array.
Local $aArray = StringToASCIIArray($sFileZoekLog)
; Display the array to see that it contains the ASCII values for each character in the string.
_ArrayDisplay($aArray)

to see if there is possibly a strange character inside.

Simpel

I will try this now and report back but I have tried it with a file I made on the desktop with other names and copy pasted to the C: drive and then used the rename cmd to get the file name for the script to make sure I wasn't missing keys.

[Nunos]

@Simpel

Here are the results.

[kaisies]

#requireadmin breaks console writes unless you launch scite as admin (which then, #requireadmin isn't needed). 

Where are these consolewrites copy+paste coming from?  Are you launching scite as admin?

 

#RequireAdmin
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <FileConstants.au3>

_RMVZOEKLOG()

Func _RMVZOEKLOG()
    $sFileZoekLog = @HomeDrive & "\zoek_results.log"
    If FileDelete($sFileZoekLog) Then
    ConsoleWrite("File deleted successfully." & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite("Error while deleting the file." & @CRLF)
EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_RMVZOEKLOG

 

Doesn't tell you while it fails.  You need to error check if the file exists first:

 

#RequireAdmin
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <FileConstants.au3>

_RMVZOEKLOG()

Func _RMVZOEKLOG()
    $sFileZoekLog = @HomeDrive & "\zoek_results.log"
    If Not FileExists($sFileZoekLog) Then Return Msgbox(0,'',"File Does not exist! (So I don't need to delete it!)" & @CRLF)
    
    If FileDelete($sFileZoekLog) Then
    Msgbox(0,'',"File deleted successfully." & @CRLF)
Else
    Msgbox(0,'',"Error while deleting the file." & @CRLF)
EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_RMVZOEKLOG

 

Edited September 20, 2018 by kaisies

[Simpel]

Hi.

The ASCII-ArrayDisplay returned to letters says „C:\zoek_results.log.txt“. Is it true? Maybe .txt is hidden by windows because it’s a known extension?

Simpel

[Nunos]

So it looks like the file was named wrong and upon using show extensions for known file types it is named improperly. Thanks everyone for the help.