Mike, Have you checked the help files for that command? There are quite a few specific conditions that need to be met.
Also, does your folder name have any spaces in? If so, you’ll need double quotes around it. if you’re creating and then removing with little time between then you need to wait long enough for the system to write the information about the new folder before R:Base can find it to remove it again. Obviously that time needed depends on the system so try a “pause for n” between and vary the length until you consistently get what you want remembering that the (varying) load on the system may have some bearing on what you need. From my experience with DOS commands needing time to “work” three seconds seems to be ample. Regards, Alastair. From: Michael J. Sinclair Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 8:55 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Does Rbase Lock folders or change them to read only? RMDIR is giving 2270 error Hi All, I am trying to use RBase to remove some empty folders. I also have RBase creating some empty folders. To remove the folders I use... RMDIR drive:\path the actual code might be.... SET VAR vemptyfolder TEXT = 'G:\Stuff\More_Stuff' RMDIR .vemptyfolder Sometimes it fails especially if RBase created the folder. It is acting like the folder is in use. The error variable code I get is 2270 Does Rbase somehow change the properties of folders to read only? Is there something I can to do make RBase "let go" of the folder it just made so the RMDIR command will work? Thanks. Mike
