Question
CFFILE Delete option
I have CF 8 enterprise edition running on a Windows 2003
server. I developed an application for the users to upload files. I
am using CFFILE to create sub folders, create files, rename files,
and read files - no problem. But when I try to delete files, I get
the error 'ColdFusion could not delete the file
E:\QualityDataFiles\SCOTT2\DELETEME.TXT for an unknown reason.'; I
am using <cfdump var="#cfcatch#"> to get this much of an
error message; nothing gets recorded to the CF logs.
From the server console, I looked at the properties for the sub folder SCOTT2 and saw the Read-Only attribute has a grey check-mark. That means that Read-Only is not 'On' or 'Off', but 'partly On'.
Microsoft says they did this on purpose. The grey check-mark means that some file under the folder has the Read-Only attribute On. Oh, and good luck finding the specific file. An MS knowledge article says you should use the attrib DOS command to blanket change all the files, but that didn't change anything.
If I intentionally set the Read-Only attribute on the DELETEME file, the error message tells me that the file is Read-Only. But when I remove the Read-Only attribute, the CFFILE DELETE just goes back to the 'unknown error' message.
Does anyone know a way around this Microsoft enhancement?
Scott
From the server console, I looked at the properties for the sub folder SCOTT2 and saw the Read-Only attribute has a grey check-mark. That means that Read-Only is not 'On' or 'Off', but 'partly On'.
Microsoft says they did this on purpose. The grey check-mark means that some file under the folder has the Read-Only attribute On. Oh, and good luck finding the specific file. An MS knowledge article says you should use the attrib DOS command to blanket change all the files, but that didn't change anything.
If I intentionally set the Read-Only attribute on the DELETEME file, the error message tells me that the file is Read-Only. But when I remove the Read-Only attribute, the CFFILE DELETE just goes back to the 'unknown error' message.
Does anyone know a way around this Microsoft enhancement?
Scott
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