Ave,
Trust me I do... I double checked it actually..
On 8/24/04 1:41 PM, "Richard Whitney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dumb question - are you sure you got the path right?
> i.e. /home/public_html/rest/of/your/path
>
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:31:06 -0400, PHP Junkie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Ave,
>>
>> Nope... Didn't work. Didn't return an error or anything, didn't delete the
>> folders either!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/23/04 8:21 PM, "Richard Whitney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Let me clarify:
>>>
>>> system() is like working in a shell
>>> rm -rf forces removal of the directory $file_dir, which you define
>>> befiorehand
>>> $ret_val displays to you what happened. if you tget nothing, it did not
>>> work.
>>>
>>> HTH!
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:24:23 -0400, PHP Junkie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> Ave,
>>>>
>>>> Richard... What exactly did you mean by this?
>>>>
>>>> system('rm -rf',$user_dir,$ret_val);
>>>>
>>>> I don't understand.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8/23/04 12:11 PM, "Richard Whitney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> system('rm -rf',$user_dir,$ret_val);
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:57:35 -0400, PHP Junkie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Ave,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do not really know what the problem is because I don't get an error,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> in fact my scripts execute fine... Except that, niether is the directory
>>>>>> deleted, nor is the file deleted. Only corresponding database entries are
>>>>>> deleted which I specify in my SQL code.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are 2 different functions in 2 separate places in my File Manager.
>>>>>> 1 function deletes the User including his Folder
>>>>>> The other deletes a particular file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The code I'm using to delete the User & his Folder is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <?php
>>>>>> if($delete_user) {
>>>>>> $db = mysql_connect("localhost","usr","pwd");
>>>>>> mysql_select_db("mydb",$db);
>>>>>> $sql = "DELETE FROM user where login = '$user'";
>>>>>> $result = mysql_query($sql) or die("There is a problem.");
>>>>>> $sql2 = "DELETE FROM file where login = '$user'";
>>>>>> $result2 = mysql_query($sql2) or die("There is a problem.");
>>>>>> rmdir (imsafm/$user);
>>>>>> echo "<br><b><i><small>User $user deleted.</small></i></b><br>";
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> ?>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The name of Folder of a user is the same as his Login.
>>>>>> Anyhow... The above code doesn�t generate any error, and in fact does
>>>>>> delete
>>>>>> the database entries from the table... But it doesn�t remove the user�s
>>>>>> directory. Why is that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Similarly, this is the code for deleting the file:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <?php
>>>>>> $db = mysql_connect("localhost","usr","pwd");
>>>>>> mysql_select_db("mydb",$db);
>>>>>> $sql = "DELETE FROM file where ID = '$ID'";
>>>>>> $result = mysql_query($sql) or DIE("Cannot Do!");
>>>>>> unlink($P/$F);
>>>>>> echo "<center>File Deleted</center>";
>>>>>> ?>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Again, no error... The entries in the table get deleted.. But file
>>>>>> remains
>>>>>> in the directory.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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