Small Problem with flushing a folder

[Emiel Wieldraaijer]

Hi All,

I want to flush (delete the entire content of) a folder.

Let say the Internet Explorer Cache Folder of the Current User

some files are in use so the flush command ends.. without erasing everything else which can be deleted

i'm using the following code..

Func _Flush($folder)
  Local $search, $file, $attrib
  $search = FileFindFirstFile($folder & "\*.*")
  If $search <> -1 Then
     While 1
        $file = FileFindNextFile($search)
        If @error Then ExitLoop
        $attrib = FileGetAttrib($folder & "\" & $file)
        If StringInStr($attrib, "D") Then
           DirRemove($folder & "\" & $file, 1)
        Else
          FileDelete($folder & "\" & $file)
        EndIf
     WEnd
  EndIf
EndFunc

is there an error in code .. or isn't it possible

Thnx

Emiel

Edited October 18, 2007 by Emiel Wieldraaijer

[DW1]

DirRemove:

From the help file:

Some dir attributes can make the removal impossible.

don't know if that helps

[Emiel Wieldraaijer]

thnx for the answer ..

i am aware of that so i've changed the above question .. a bit ..

Emiel

[Foy]

Func _Flush($folder)

Local $search, $file, $attrib

If $search = FileFindFirstFile($folder & "\*.*") ;Why if? isn't this missing a then too...

If $search <> -1 Then

While 1

$file = FileFindNextFile($search)

If @error Then ExitLoop

$attrib = FileGetAttrib($folder & "\" & $file)

If StringInStr($attrib, "D") Then

DirRemove($folder & "\" & $file, 1)

Else

FileDelete($folder & "\" & $file)

EndIf

WEnd

EndIf

EndFunc

[Emiel Wieldraaijer]

sorry ..

didn't belong there..

copy - paste error

Emiel

[SmOke_N]

Look for _FileListToArrayEx or _FileListToArrayNew in the example forum... there you can recurse or use exclude methods.

[Emiel Wieldraaijer]

Thnx Smoke_N

i'll take a look at it ..

but i think i will use a simple dos command del *.* /q/s/f and hide it .. one commandline and works very well

too bad autoit hasen't got the same function as good old DOS

Emiel

[weaponx]

Tell me again why

FileDelete ( $folder & "\*.*" )

didn't work???

[Emiel Wieldraaijer]

Tell me again why

FileDelete ( $folder & "\*.*" )

didn't work???

No ..

DirRemove and FileDelete will quit when a file is found which cannot be deleted because it's in use

Del *.* /Q/S/F will continue so all files which can be deleted will be deleted