On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Irfan Sayed <irfan_sayed2...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> exactly. some of the files have set the attribute as read only
>
> and due to that module was unable to delete those
>
> is there any module which will check if the file has read only attribute
> and if yes remove that attribute??
>
> plz suggest
>
> --irfan
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com>
> To: beginners@perl.org
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 6:09 PM
> Subject: Re: rmdir
>
> On 11-06-27 08:29 AM, Irfan Sayed wrote:
> > even i tried windows del command
> > but it prompts for confirmation to delete the files
> > do u know how to suppress these prompts ? i did not find any switch which
> allows you to suppress
> >
>
> It sounds like some of the files or directories have their read-only bit
> set.
>
> What is the output of this:
>
> use File::Path;
> my $errors = [];
> rmtree( $dir, { error => \$errors });
> print "$_\n" for @$errors;
>
> BTW, I do believe the correct Windows command is: del /s
>
>
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Have a look at the following: Win32::File (to get and set file attributes on
Windows)
