I have. What gets me is the fact that it works at the R:> prompt. And it used to work just fine.
Are there any SETtings that would affect this command? It acts like it’s a permission issue or a bad Windows update… I haven’t tried Jan’s suggestion yet… From: rbase-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Buddy Walker Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 2:41 PM To: rbase-l@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [RBASE-L] - ERASE filespec Claudine You could try using & instead of a dot Buddy From: rbase-l@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com> [mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Claudine Robbins Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2017 3:24 PM To: rbase-l@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: [RBASE-L] - ERASE filespec Thanks Dan and Buddy, ERASE or DELETE get the same result. No spaces in filename2. Both filename1 and filename2 are UNC. Commands work at R:> prompt… From: rbase-l@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com> [mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Buddy Walker Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 2:01 PM To: rbase-l@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: [RBASE-L] - ERASE filespec Sorry send button to easy to hit ☺ If the filename2 contains spaces then you will need to enclose in filename2 in quotes. Buddy From: rbase-l@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com> [mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Claudine Robbins Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2017 2:36 PM To: rbase-l@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com> Subject: [RBASE-L] - ERASE filespec Hello all, I’m having a bit of a headache with an ERASE filespec command which has worked reliably for weeks, works reliably from the R:> prompt and yields “Failed deleting… (2262)” then “Cannot create destination file (2086)” from within a form when I: ERASE .filename2 And COPY .filename1 .filename2 Permissions are ok… Undoubtedly my fault but I can’t find it, help! TIA, Claudine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
