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Limey
Limey

Reputation: 2772

IO.File.Delete doesn't delete, but not error

So I have some code that allows a user to import certain excel spreadsheets into the DB. Now, I save a copy of the file to the server so I can read it:

fupMYfile.SaveAs(System.IO.Path.Combine(target, fupMYfile.FileName));

So all works well there till i try to delete the file when I am done with it. I don't receive and error, and I have checked the code gets called, however, it will not delete the file and won't give an error.

System.IO.File.Delete(target + fupMYfile.FileName);

I did try making sure that IIS_IUSRS has full access to the folder, so I know that is not an issue.

Anybody have any ideas?

thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1763

Answers (2)

Kumar
Kumar

Reputation: 1

File.Delete doesn't give any exception and hence will not throw an error, and we need to give full absolute path

File.Delete("C:\temp\tmpFile.txt");

and not 

File.Delete("tmpFile.txt");

Upvotes: 0

Guffa
Guffa

Reputation: 700382

You are not using the same file name. You are saving it something like c:\somefolder\somefile.xls, then you try to delete it at c:\somefoldersomefile.xls.

Use Path.Compbine to put the folder namd and the file name together:

System.IO.File.Delete(System.IO.Path.Combine(target, fupMYfile.FileName));

Upvotes: 7

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