Ibrahim Haddad wrote:
> I have a slight problem.
> I am checking if a structure variable is empty to display a warning window
> (with
> motif) and if the variable holds a value (file name), I want to go ahead and
> delete the file using a system call to "rm -f"
>
> My code:
> --------
> if (strcmp(castedPtr->tname, "") == 0)
> /* check if string is empty and display warning message */
> missingInputCB (w, clientData, callData);
> else /* delete file name that matches the value of castedPtr->tname */
> system("rm -f castedPtr->tname");
>
> However, system("rm -f castedPtr->tname")
> is not working because the rm command will be searching for a file called
> castedPtr->tname to delete it while in fact this pointer holds the file name.
>
> Is there a way to get around this?
Don't use system for this; just use
unlink(castedPtr->tname);
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
