Thank you, this solved the problem :)
On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Jeremy W. Redmond wrote:
> Or, use:
>
> String sep = File.separator;
> if(new File(sep+"tmp"+sep+data.getFileName()).delete())
> {
> out.writeObject("File Deleted");
> } else {
> out.writeObject("File Not Deleted");
> }
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> "Raghupathy, Gurumoorthy"
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> u are using /tmp/ which is a unix file system directory sturcture...
> change ur logic and make it to c:\temp\lksdflsjdlfjl....
>
> guru
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> From: Sohaila Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 05 October 2001 15:29
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> Subject: Deleting files from a servlet
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> Hello, I have a servlet that deletes a file from the server that the
> servlet runs on. The servlet is called from an applet. When I run this
> function on a linux box everything works fine and the file is deleted from
> the server and db entries relation to where the file is and its id are
> deleted. But when I run this from a window's box (windows 98 to be
> specific) with either IE5.5 or Netsape 4.75 the file is not deleted from
> the server but the database cmds are preformed fine. The code i'm using to
> delete the file from the server in my servlet is
>
> if(new File("/tmp/"+data.getFileName()).delete())
> {
> out.writeObject("File Deleted");
> } else {
> out.writeObject("File Not Deleted");
> }
>
> Is there anything specific to do to make this code work on windows?
>
> Thanks
> Sohaila
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