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thomas · Newbie Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 23 Location: Germany

Hello,

When I try to delete a File that is in use, I get an error message from Microsoft NT (The file cannot delete...). Is it possible to oppress this message by dialogscript?

I use the syntax "file delete,path".

Thanks!!

Tsunami1988

thomas · Newbie Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 23 Location: Germany

I thought so too, but it does not work - the message will also shown if i use not showerrors. The message are not show by win2000 or winXP, only on NT Clients.
I think this is a bug.

Skit3000 · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 3:01 pm Post subject:

Try something like:

thomas · Newbie Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 23 Location: Germany

I do NOT want an error message. I want also do not want to use .bat files, i only want to use vds-Script.

Tsunami1988 · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 5:10 pm Post subject:

Skit3000 · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 6:38 pm Post subject:

Good one!

Garrett · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 8:32 pm Post subject:

Only suggestion I can think of, is to find out which program is using the
file, and have your program shut down the other program, and then
delete the file.

-Garrett

Dr. Dread · Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2003 6:43 am Post subject:

Another thing to think of when deleting files on NT4 systems: Don't try to delete files
which aren't there - that'll generate error messages as well. That's not the case on XP/2K boxes.

So instead of just

Tsunami1988 · Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2003 4:33 pm Post subject:

That still doesn't fix the problem Razz

Dr. Dread · Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:44 pm Post subject:

MarkTrubo · Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2003 12:57 am Post subject:

I'm pretty sure I delete files all the time with VDS on NT -- of course the programs are in my office, so I forgot how to do it now that I am at home. I'll check and post the answer.

moke · Contributor Joined: 02 Jan 2002 Posts: 162

I've had similar problems on NT and it ususally comes down to 1 of 3 things.

1) The file doen't exist. As Dread already pointed out 2000/XP and 95/98
do not generate an error but NT does so If @file would help

2) The profile the app is running as doesn't have sufficient rights to
delete the file.

3) The file is open and cannot be deleted. In which case you need to KILL
the app that has the file open. I think you use "run KILL -f filename"
(your app must have rights to do this). You can check the Task Manager
applications or processes to try and narrow down what has the file open
if you are unsure.

moke

MarkTrubo · Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2003 5:42 pm Post subject:

Yup, I checked my programs and all -- Moke is right on the money with all three!