Claudine
As a last resort you could add the following to your code I’m assuming you are running this from R:Base X Buddy *************************Add to your code****************** OUTPUT doerasfile.bat WRITE 'DEL' .vfilename2 WRITE 'COPY' .vfilename1 .vfilename2 OUTPUT TERM LAUNCH doerasfile.bat ********************End Code*********************** From: rbase-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Claudine Robbins Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 4:41 PM To: rbase-l@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [RBASE-L] - ERASE filespec Nothing works so I’m just going to wait until next Wednesday and see if a new Windows Update isn’t released to fix whatever the problem is. I’m experiencing the same behavior on the cloud server too… From: rbase-l@googlegroups.com <mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com> [mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alastair Burr Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 6:33 AM To: rbase-l@googlegroups.com <mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [RBASE-L] - ERASE filespec I think, "technically" you DELete records from a database and ERASE files from the directory/folder. I usually make sure that I have the DOS command correct and then in R:Base create a variable & activate that: SET VAR vEraseFile TEXT = 'ERASE C:\Temp\*.*' &vEraseFile and SET VAR vEraseFile TEXT = 'ERASE "C:\Temp\Folder with spaces\*.*" ' Regards, Alastair. On 02/02/2017 20:24, Claudine Robbins wrote: 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 <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.
