erase files - Resolved!!

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erase files - Resolved!!

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Each time I open a Exe I Must erase some files

I tried with

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 if File( cdir+"cust1.dbf" )
      erase cdir+"cust1.dbf"
      erase cdir+"cust2.dbf"
      erase cdir+"cust3.dbf"
      erase cdir+"cust4.dbf"
  endif
But not erase nothing

Solution ?
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// C:\FWH\SAMPLES\SILVERAS.PRG

#Include "Fivewin.Ch"
#Include "Directry.ch"

FUNCTION Main()

   LOCAL cDir

   cDir := GETCURDIR()

   IF SUBS( cDir, LEN( ALLTRIM(cDir ) ) , 1 ) = "\"
      cDir := SUBS( cDir, 1 , LEN( ALLTRIM(cDir ) ) - 1 )
   ENDIF

   LCHDIR( cDir )

   // ? cDir

   IF FILE( "CUST1.dbf" )

      FERASE("CUST4.dbf")

      IF FILE( "CUST4.dbf" )  // CHECK only

         ? "Archivo Bloqueado en RED"

         QUIT

      ELSE

         ? "Archivo deletado"

      ENDIF

      // .or.

      // AEVAL(DIRECTORY( "CUST4.DBF" ),{ |aFILE| FERASE(aFILE[F_NAME]) } )

   ENDIF

RETURN NIL

// FIN / END
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FUNCTION Main()

    LOCAL DEL_INDICE

    //-> Ideia original By Kleyber Derick
    DEL_INDICE := DIRECTORY( "*.CDX" )

    FOR I = 1 TO LEN( Del_Indice )
       FERASE( DEL_INDICE[I][1] )
    NEXT I

RETURN NIL
 
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Post by nageswaragunupudi »

The command ERASE <cfile> is preprocessed as FERASE( <cfile> ).
This command or function should work (and it works for me) if the file exists and is not in use and can be deleted.

If the ERASE command does not really erase an existing file, there can be a valid reason like the file is in use by some application or some other reason.

The best way to find out the reason is to

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if FERASE( cFile ) != 0
   ? FERROR()
endif
FError() tells you the reason why the file is not erased
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Very good mister Nages. Thanks.

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// C:\FWH\SAMPLES\SILVERA2.PRG

#include "FiveWin.ch"
#include "fileio.ch"

FUNCTION Main()

   IF FErase( "test.txt" ) != F_ERROR

      ? "File successfully erased"

   ELSE

      ? "File can not be deleted", FERROR()

   ENDIF

RETURN NIL

// FIN / END
 
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Re: erase files

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Recordar que existe una función llamada hb_dbdrop la cual elimina la tabla y sus archivos de índices y memo file asociados.
hb_dbDrop([<cTable>],[<cIndex>])->Nil
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carlos vargas wrote:Recordar que existe una función llamada hb_dbdrop la cual elimina la tabla y sus archivos de índices y memo fil asociados.
gracias, tienes las características y parámetros de esta función? sin embargo ahora parece estar bien con "ferase"
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Silvo

I create a local folder on the C: drive called c:\dbtmp and that is where I write all my temp files .. when the application starts it creates the folder c:\dbtmp if not alreacy exist then uses aDIr to create an array of all files in c:\dbtmp and I just use a For\Next loop of aDir and ferace the files ...

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aDIR := DIRECTORY( "C:\DBTMP\*.*", "D" )
IF EMPTY( aDIR )

   IF lMkDir( "C:\Dbtmp" )
   ELSE
      SAYING := "SORRY ... Could not make the directory "+CHR(10)
      SAYING += "C:\DBTMP needed to run this Application "+CHR(10)
      SAYING += "ABORTING"+CHR(10)
      MsgInfo( SAYING )
      IF cAUTH = 'Y'
         oDLG:End()
      ENDIF
      CLOSE DATABASES
      RETURN(.F.)
   ENDIF

ENDIF

// delete trash

FOR i = 1 to LEN( aDIR )
    cFILE := ALLTRIM( aDIR[i] [1] )
    FERASE( "C:\DBTMP\"+cFILE )
NEXT


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In ct lib from harbour exist the function filedelete (you pass file name or File Mask) to delete, example: *.dbf
FileDelete(<cFileMask>,[<nAttributes>])->lDeleted
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I made

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Cancella_Archivi(".\data\")  // on Main.prg
...
return nil 

Function Cancella_Archivi(cDir)
      local adir := DIRECTORY(cDir+ "*.*", "D" )
      local i,cFile
              FOR i = 1 to LEN( aDir )
                    cFILE := ALLTRIM( aDIR[i][1] )
                    IF FErase(cDir+cFile ) != 0
                     ? FERROR()
                     endif
              NEXT
     return nil
Erased only some files ( 2 not) and the "?Ferror" give me this

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In the context of Clipper and Harbour programming, the DOS error code 5, as returned by the FERROR() function, indicates "Access denied"​​. This error typically occurs when a program attempts to access a file or directory for which it does not have the necessary permissions, such as attempting to write to a read-only file, accessing a file that is locked by another process, or trying to open a file in a restricted directory.
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Otto wrote:In the context of Clipper and Harbour programming, the DOS error code 5, as returned by the FERROR() function, indicates "Access denied"​​. This error typically occurs when a program attempts to access a file or directory for which it does not have the necessary permissions, such as attempting to write to a read-only file, accessing a file that is locked by another process, or trying to open a file in a restricted directory.
Thanks Professor Otto I knew this too but it so happens that I am the administrator of the computer because it is mine and there are no restrictions, delete all the files except two, if the restriction is there why delete the other files?
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In use?
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Otto wrote:In use?

???
the files

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Main.prg

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#include "fivewin.ch"

REQUEST HB_LANG_IT
REQUEST HB_CODEPAGE_ITWIN
REQUEST DBFCDX


function Main()

       RddSetDefault( "DBFCDX" )

       SetHandleCount( 100 )
       FWNumFormat( "E", .t. )

       SET DATE FORMAT "dd-mm-yyyy"
       SET DELETED     ON
       SET CENTURY     ON
       SET EPOCH TO    year( date() ) - 20
       SET MULTIPLE    OFF

         HB_LANGSELECT( "IT" )
         HB_CDPSELECT( "ITWIN" )

      Cancella_Archivi(".\data\")


DEFINE WINDOW oWnd 

         @ 2,  2   BUTTON "&App" SIZE 80, 20 ACTION Test()


     ACTIVATE WINDOW oWnd MAXIMIZED



     RETURN NIL

 static  Function Cancella_Archivi(cDir)
      local adir := DIRECTORY(cDir+ "*.*", "D" )
      local i,cFile

              FOR i = 1 to LEN( aDir )
                    cFILE := ALLTRIM( aDIR[i][1] )
                    IF FErase(cDir+cFile ) != 0
                          Msginfo( FERROR() ,cfile)
                     endif
              NEXT
     return nil

static Function test;return nil

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Who created the cdx files. Which user account.
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