Delete directory/folder

[Ray Horsley]

on 10/16/02 9:07 AM, Ken Ray at kray at sonsothunder.com wrote:

> What OS, Shari? OS X or OS 9?
> 
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shari" <gypsyware at earthlink.net>
> To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:38 AM
> Subject: Delete directory/folder
> 
> 
>> For some reason, I cannot delete a folder.
>> 
>> delete directory tempFold
>> 
>> delete folder tempFold
>> 
>> Nothing happens.
>> 
>> tempFold is the full path to the directory
>> 
>> I've tried all the combinations:
>> 
>> /Hard Drive/Applications/Programming/Blackjack/Installer
>> /Hard Drive/Applications/Programming/Blackjack/Installer/
>> "/Hard Drive/Applications/Programming/Blackjack/Installer"
>> 
>> None work.
>> 
>> There is no error message.
>> It doesn't disappear.
>> 
>> Right now I'm trying to delete a dummy folder.  One that has no files
>> in it and isn't used, just as a test.  So the folder is not in use in
>> any way.  Nada.
>> 
>> I can delete a file with no problem.
>> 
>> Shari C
>> 
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I've had problems with this for some time now.  Here's what I can share with
you.  In 2.4.3, build 7, I can not get delete directory to work.  In build 8
it seems to work, but in that build there are some other issues with
commands related to delete directory.  Namely, if you try to rename a file
in build 8 and you supply bad data in the newName variable  like a
non-existent folder, the file either gets deleted or moved somewhere where I
can't find it.

Ray Horsley
Developer, LinkIt! Software