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Joseph Pelrine-3

Remove directory?

Maybe I should post this to the regular newsgroup, but the problem
surfaced while porting some code doing beta testing.

How do I delete a directory? File class provides the facilities for
deleting files, but the WinAPI RemoveDirectory call doesn't seem to be
there. Since all other dialects I can think of have this functionality,
wouldn't it be nice to have it too?

Cheers
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Joseph Pelrine [ | ]
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Ian Bartholomew-3

Re: Remove directory?

Joseph,

> How do I delete a directory?

I'm not sure if that was a rhetorical question, but if not then there is a
thread in the archive starting 8/1/2002 that gives two methods - extending
File and using the Windows scripting control.

Regards
Ian

Joseph Pelrine-3

Re: Remove directory?

It definitely wasn't rhetorical. I've had to stop my work until I get an
answer. I even tried implementing the call on KernelLibrary, and surfacing it
in File, but kept getting errors indicating that the directory couldn't be
deleted because somebody in Dolphin still had a handle on it. I just looked at
the thread, and I think I'll try using the script control, because there are
some bulk operations I need to do.

Thanks for the pointer, Ian.

Cheers
Joseph

Ian Bartholomew wrote:

> Joseph,
>
> > How do I delete a directory?
>
> I'm not sure if that was a rhetorical question, but if not then there is a
> thread in the archive starting 8/1/2002 that gives two methods - extending
> File and using the Windows scripting control.
>
> Regards
> Ian

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Joseph Pelrine [ | ]
MetaProg GmbH
Email: [hidden email]
Web: http://www.metaprog.com

"Inheritance was invented at 2 AM between January 5th and 6th, 1967" -
Krysten Nygaard

Ian Bartholomew-3

Re: Remove directory?

Joseph,

> the thread, and I think I'll try using the script control, because there
are
> some bulk operations I need to do.

In case it helps I've attached the *very rough* package I use in my image. I
tend to add methods as needed so #deleteFolder:force: is not implemented but
it is easy enough to add it.

You need to be a bit careful if you deploy using this package as funny
things happen if you don't take care to make sure that major parts of it are
not stripped. The initialisation also need to be duplicated in the deployed
app.

Ian

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Ian Bartholomew-3

Re: Remove directory?

In reply to this post by Joseph Pelrine-3

Blair McGlashan

Re: Remove directory?

In reply to this post by Joseph Pelrine-3

"Joseph Pelrine" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
news:[hidden email]...
> Maybe I should post this to the regular newsgroup, but the problem
> surfaced while porting some code doing beta testing.
>
> How do I delete a directory? File class provides the facilities for
> deleting files, but the WinAPI RemoveDirectory call doesn't seem to be
> there. Since all other dialects I can think of have this functionality,
> wouldn't it be nice to have it too?

#667 will add File class>>removeDirectory:

Thanks

Blair