Update: the combination of both your suggestions worked:
if (exists(BlankDirToDelete))
{
try
rmdir(`\\?\` ~ BlankDirToDelete);
catch (FileException e)
writeln(e.msg);
}
Thanks! Now I just have to find out why the block of the file
extensions is failing.
On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:51:48 +, Kagamin wrote:
remove uses DeleteFile, but MSDN says
To remove an empty directory, use the RemoveDirectory function.
so remove probably won't work on directories.
You are correct, so I made a few test using rmdir() with a blank for
directory name and now I
On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:33:16 +, Kagamin wrote:
On Friday, 17 January 2014 at 12:52:09 UTC, Hugo Florentino wrote:
On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 07:07:35 +, Kagamin wrote:
Does it fail for that one directory only or for any directory?
Interesting question. I would have to do more tests with odd
remove uses DeleteFile, but MSDN says
To remove an empty directory, use the RemoveDirectory function.
so remove probably won't work on directories.
On Friday, 17 January 2014 at 12:52:09 UTC, Hugo Florentino wrote:
On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 07:07:35 +, Kagamin wrote:
Does it fail for that one directory only or for any directory?
Interesting question. I would have to do more tests with odd
names, but apparently both remove() and rename() ha
On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:10:00 +, Kagamin wrote:
I only noticed that rename uses MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING flag, which
can't be used with directories. Are you sure remove fails too? If
rename throws, remove is not called in your code.
Well, as a matter of fact I did try to use remove directly
I only noticed that rename uses MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING flag,
which can't be used with directories. Are you sure remove fails
too? If rename throws, remove is not called in your code.
On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 07:07:35 +, Kagamin wrote:
Does it fail for that one directory only or for any directory?
Interesting question. I would have to do more tests with odd names, but
apparently both remove() and rename() have problems with directories
with a blank name.
Curiously, moving f
Does it fail for that one directory only or for any directory?
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:41:06 +, Kagamin wrote:
Probably because you use ansi api: if filename contains non-english
character, there could be a problem.
A filesystem support is primarily for storing files, attributes can
be safely ignored.
Hmm... that may be true for Linux filesystems, but
Probably because you use ansi api: if filename contains
non-english character, there could be a problem.
A filesystem support is primarily for storing files, attributes
can be safely ignored.
On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:41:50 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
... On Linux, hidden files are all files where
the filename starts with a dot. To make it visible you need to rename
the file. As far as I know, Linux doesn't have any form of system
attribute.
I am aware of this. However, FAT32 and NTFS
On 2014-01-15 11:33, Hugo Florentino wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to make a little application to revert the effect of some
viruses on USB memories, and running it from Windows encountered some
exceptions that IMHO should not have happened.
Maybe I am missing something. Can you please check the commen
Hi,
I am trying to make a little application to revert the effect of some
viruses on USB memories, and running it from Windows encountered some
exceptions that IMHO should not have happened.
Maybe I am missing something. Can you please check the commented blocks
for errors?
Also, is there a
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