remove directory

[ceodav]

hi,

i want to delete the content of a directory (files and subdiretory included) and the directory itself...
so i wrote the code below which uses a recursive function...

i can delete all the files but not the diretory because i get the error 32 : ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION.

void DeleteDir(const char *directory)
{
CFileFind finder;
BOOL bWorking;

if (_chdir(directory)!=0)
{
//not exist...
return;
}

DeleteFile();


//look for subdir...
bWorking = finder.FindFile("*.*");


while (bWorking)
{
bWorking = finder.FindNextFile();


if (finder.IsDirectory())
{

if (!finder.IsDots())
{
DeleteDir(LPCSTR(finder.GetFilePath()));
}

}

}


if(!RemoveDirectory(directory))
{
char d[256];
sprintf(d,"error %d\n",GetLastError());
MessageBox(NULL, d, "Error", MB_ICONERROR);
}



}

void DeleteFile()
{
CFileFind finder;
BOOL bWorking;

bWorking = finder.FindFile("*.*");

while (bWorking)
{
bWorking = finder.FindNextFile();
DeleteFile(finder.GetFileName());
}

}


the function RemoveDir doesn't work.

but if i write the path like

RemoveDirectory("C:\\test");

it delete it.

how can i do?

thanks in advance

Davide

 

[Zyrenthian]

I believe the _chdir call is where the problem may lie. I think that because you are in the directory. Possibly try chdir("..") before you call RemoveDirectory

Matt

 

[Cagliostro]

share violation means what you some applications are working inside that directory. So, if there is an application started in this directory, or some applications reads a file from this directory or some applications has set that directory or some subdirectory as current, you sould at the first close that application.

Ion Filipski