Deleting a folder

[Vinaya]

Hi, I created an application which creates a folder in the temp directory to store the temporary output files, at program startup. When I exit my application I want to delete the files as well as the folder. My application successfully deletes the files( I used DeleteFile() API), but not the directory. The RemoveDirectory() always fails. Why is it so? I have also tried using _rmdir() method.

void RemoveTempFolder(LPCTSTR dirName)
{
 basic_string stFolder;
 BOOL bFinish = TRUE;
 HANDLE	hFind;
 WIN32_FIND_DATA pFindData;

 stFolder.assign(dirName);
 stFolder.append(_T("\\*.*"));
 if((hFind = FindFirstFile (stFolder.c_str(), &pFindData))==  INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
 {
  return ;
 }
 while(bFinish)
 {
  if(_tcsicmp(pFindData.cFileName,_T(".")) != 0 &&   _tcsicmp(pFindData.cFileName,_T("..")) != 0)
  {
   basic_string sTemp;
   sTemp.assign(dirName);
   sTemp.append( _T("\\"));
   sTemp.append(pFindData.cFileName);
   DeleteFile(sTemp.c_str());
  } 
  bFinish = FindNextFile(hFind,&pFindData);
 }
 int nRet = RemoveDirectory(dirName);
 if(!nRet)
  DWORD dErr = GetLastError();
}

I also tried calling RemoveDirectory()from outside the function. Still the same result. :( Is there anything I am missing here?? Pls help. Thanks, Vini

[224917]

Try after closing the search handle with FindClose().

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suhredayan
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[Vinaya]

Thanks. But it didn't work. :( Still my temporary folder is not deleted. Vini

[David Crow]

Vinaya wrote: DWORD dErr = GetLastError(); What is the value of dErr? That would be a big clue as to why RemoveDirectory() is not working.

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