Re: can not delete a file
"George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I am using the following program to delete all files in a specified
directory. But when running, no files could be deleted, and the
related error information is,
failed with error 5 -- access denied. Anything wrong with the program?
I believe WIN32_FIND_DATA::cFileName contains just the file name, not
the full path. DeleteFile requires full path. You would need to
contatenate directory name and file name yourself.
It is a bad idea to modify the directory while you are enumerating it.
You need to make a pass with FindFirstFile/FindNextFile and store the
file names, then delete them in a second pass.
Finally, just scrap this whole code and use SHFileOperation. It can
delete all files in a directory with a single call.
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With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik
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necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to
land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly
overhead. -- RFC 1925
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there during the 30year War."
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