From: "Pablo Q." <paqs140482@...>
Date: 2008-07-10T07:39:33+09:00
Subject: Re: How to delete a file in Win XP

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Another solution could be use a system call:


`DEL #{file}`
or
system("DEL #{file}")

it returns true or false.


2008/7/9 Luis Lavena <luislavena@gmail.com>:

> On Jul 9, 8:12 pm, MAwiniarski <MAwiniar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 1. I'm in a proper directory (using: puts Dir.entries(Dir.pwd)
> > 2. File do not need to be closed, because it haven't been open (it's
> > just file in a folder)
> > 3. Error message:
> >    Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - file
> > 4. I've used chmod in previous line:
> >    File.chmod(0644, file)
> >    chmod return flag: 1 (one)
> > 5. Using File.delete or File.unlink gives same error message
> >
>
> File.chmod has no effect on Windows.
>
> Can you ensure that, from the command line, safely remove that file?
> Even if not you the one that openned the file, maybe other part of the
> OS are locking it so you can't perform the delete operation safely.
>
> HTH,
> --
> Luis Lavena
>
>


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Pablo Q.

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