Perhaps try using something other than a period as the beginning folder name character? Could be that’s why it’s not working. Just a thought, could be totally wrong.
Kee Nethery > On Jul 17, 2022, at 5:21 AM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Those folders are > > "." - the folder itself > > ".." - the parent of the folder itself. > > As such, neither can be deleted directly, nor do they need to be in order to > delete the folder itself. The folder itself should be deleted when the > current folder is set to somewhere else. > > So - there isn't really a problem, just don't try to delete them by those > names. > > > Alex. > > >> On 17/07/2022 10:16, jbv via use-livecode wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> On my LC Hosting account, I have a php script that creates directories : >> mkdir($dirname, 0755); >> Each directory is used to temporarily store text & image files. >> >> Then I have a LC script that is supposed to delete those directories >> under certain conditions. No problem for deleting files inside each >> directory, but 2 sub-directories are systematically created, named >> "." and ".." and those can't be deleted, either by script of via ftp. >> Therefore, there's no way to delete the directories created via php. >> >> Last but not least, the doc for LC 9.6.8 says that "revDeleteFolder" >> is the command to use to remove a folder and all its contents and that >> it is available on both desktop and server platforms, but on my LC >> hosting account I get : Handler: can't find handler (revDeleteFolder) >> >> Any idea how to solve this problem ? >> Thank you in advance. >> jbv >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
