Problem with deleting directories that are not empty

[mike2277]

Hi, I am in the process of moving my ColdFusion application over from a server using ColdFusion 5.0 to a different server using ColdFusion MX. So far, I have found the transition to be pretty painless. However, I did come across one glitch that I just can’t seem to figure out.

I have been using a custom tag called CF_DeleteDirectory to delete directories that may contain one or more files or subdirectories. On the ColdFusion 5.0 server I have never had a problem with my code but moving it to the MX server has created the following error message every time:

The specified Directory attribute F:\AcademyPAWebSite\eschool\courses\1836\1716 cannot be deleted.
This directory is not empty. This condition was encountered during a cfdirectory action="DELETE".

The error occurred in F:\AcademyPAWebsite\eschool\securePages\BUILDER\DeleteDirectory.cfm: line 53
51 :
52 : <!--- DELETE THE DIRECTORY --->
53 : <CFDIRECTORY ACTION=&quot;DELETE&quot; DIRECTORY=&quot;#attributes.directory#&quot;>
54 : <CFSETTING ENABLECFOUTPUTONLY=&quot;No&quot;>
55 :


In this example, the directory I am trying to delete is labeled “1716” and it contains numerous files and subdirectories inside it.

I code I am using on my “deleteLesson.cfm” template is:

<CFMODULE
Template=&quot;DeleteDirectory.cfm&quot;
directory=&quot;F:\AcademyPAWebSite\eschool\courses\#URL.CourseID#\#url.LessonID#&quot;>


The actual code of the custom tag (DeleteDirectory.cfm) is:

<!--- MAKE SURE THE DIRECTORY EXISTS --->
<CFIF NOT DirectoryExists(attributes.directory)>
<CFTHROW MESSAGE=&quot;The Directory (#attributes.directory#) Does Not Exist!&quot;>
</CFIF>
<!--- Kill any leading &quot;\&quot; in the directory --->
<CFIF right(attributes.directory,1) is &quot;\&quot;>
<CFSET attributes.directory = left(attributes.directory,len(attributes.directory)- 1)>
</CFIF>

<!--- CHECK THE CONTENTS OF THE DIRECTORY --->
<CFDIRECTORY ACTION=&quot;LIST&quot; DIRECTORY=&quot;#attributes.directory#&quot; NAME=&quot;TheDir&quot;>

<!--- IF THE DIRECTORY IS NOT EMPTY, GO THROUGH AND EMPTY IT --->
<CFIF TheDir.Recordcount GT 2>
<CFLOOP QUERY=&quot;TheDir&quot;>
<CFIF Type is &quot;File&quot;>
<CFFILE ACTION=&quot;DELETE&quot; FILE=&quot;#attributes.directory#\#Name#&quot;>
<CFELSEIF Type is &quot;Dir&quot; and name is not &quot;.&quot; and name is not &quot;..&quot;>
<CF_DeleteDirectory DIRECTORY=&quot;#attributes.directory#\#Name#&quot;>
</CFIF>
</CFLOOP>
</CFIF>

<!--- DELETE THE DIRECTORY --->
<CFDIRECTORY ACTION=&quot;DELETE&quot; DIRECTORY=&quot;#attributes.directory#&quot;>
<CFSETTING ENABLECFOUTPUTONLY=&quot;No&quot;>

<!---Copyright, 1999 Control Data Systems, Inc.
--->

I tested to make sure the url variables were indeed being passed correctly and they are, so I don’t think that is the problem.

If anyone can assist me with this problem I would really appreciate it!

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Sarky78]

mike,

the only thing that i can think of is that MX now does not return the . and the .. directories that it used to in previous version of CF. which i am assuming is what you are looking for with this statement:

<CFIF TheDir.Recordcount GT 2>

under CF 5 a CFdirectory would return the following:

.
..
1716
file.cfm

under MX it will return:

1716
file.cfm

so you check will stop the code from deleting the contents fo the directory. So what CF is telling you is true there are still files/directories in the directory you want to delete.

change you if statement to read:

<CFIF TheDir.Recordcount GT 0>

and i think that should sort out your problem.

Hope this helps!

Tony