Rafael Copquin wrote: > I am experiencing a problem that I do not understand why it happens. > > I am doing a clean up of a disk directory. > > I issue erase commands to erase all tables, indexes and fpt files. > > I also issue the commands > > CLOSE DATABASES ALL > CLOSE ALL > > and immediately after that I try to erase the app database: > > if file &cDataDir\data.dbc > erase &cDataDir\data.dbc > endif > > But I get the error: FILE IS IN USE > > What is happening here? > > How does one get rid of a database and its dct and dcx files? > > Why the above commands do not close the database and all open files, as > stated in help? > > Rafael Copquin
I suspect it's something with the & way of doing it. What if the cDataDir has spaces in it? I think that would cause issues. Perhaps try putting parens around the beginning and end. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
