Problem with DeleteFile> ,relative path and wildcard

rullbandspelare · Post by **rullbandspelare** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:24 am

The help file say that * can be used with DeleteFile>
I cant get it to work as i want to with a relative path.

Does NOT work:
DeleteFile>..\lock\DICOM*.lock

WORKS:
DeleteFile>C:\Program\MJT Net Ltd\lock\DICOM*.lock
DeleteFile>..\lock\DICOM_196605194353.lock

Help!
Thanks!
/tomas

Captive · Post by **Captive** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:26 pm

Let>VAREXPLICIT=1
MessageModal>SCRIPT_DIR is %SCRIPT_DIR%%CRLF%CWD is %CWD%
DeleteFile>..\deleteme.txt
DeleteFile>..\test\deleteme.txt

Both worked. The files are currently relative to %CWD%
v9.0.054

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:01 pm

I agree that if you try to delete from a relative directory and you use an explicit file name, the file deletes correctly as in Captive's example. However, I agree with tomas that the files do not delete if a wildcard (*) is used

Here is a workaround if you have not already found one.

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Separate>%CWD%,\,dir
Sub>dir_count,1
Let>k=0
Let>newpath=
Repeat>k
  add>k,1
  let>value=dir_%k%
  Concat>newpath,%value%\
Until>k=%dir_count%

DeleteFile>%newpath%DICOM*.lock