KillDir not with long filenames?

[Fritsch Kieftenbelt uit Raalte \(Bij Marienheem\)]

Hello.

When I use killdir to delete a file, only names from 8 characters or shorter
wil delete.
But names like MYFILE~1.TXT don't work with killdir.

FileName$ = "C:\PROGRA~1\MYDIRS~1\MYFILE~1.TXT
KillDir FileName$

Above doesn't work.
When I do it in DOS prompt with DEL C:\PROGRA~1\MYDIRS~1\MYFILE~1.TXT, then
it works.
I can't do it with other names because I get the shortnames (with tildes
"~") from another Windows program.
This program gives no long, full names.

Is there another command to delete a file, given with the short names?
For example to use the DOS command DEL.

[Raoul Watson]

"Fritsch Kieftenbelt uit Raalte (Bij Marienheem)"
<fr***************@NOSPAM.wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
news:43**********************@news.wanadoo.nl...

Hello.

When I use killdir to delete a file, only names from 8 characters or shorter wil delete.
But names like MYFILE~1.TXT don't work with killdir.

FileName$ = "C:\PROGRA~1\MYDIRS~1\MYFILE~1.TXT
KillDir FileName$

Above doesn't work.
When I do it in DOS prompt with DEL C:\PROGRA~1\MYDIRS~1\MYFILE~1.TXT, then it works.
I can't do it with other names because I get the shortnames (with tildes
"~") from another Windows program.
This program gives no long, full names.

Is there another command to delete a file, given with the short names?
For example to use the DOS command DEL.

Never heard of KillDir.. Sorry for being stupid but what is it? I know the
KILL command and you supply a filename. ..

Have you tried just using SHELL to shell out to DOS and execute the Delete?
Beste wensen van New York.

[George Bashore]

Fritsch try this for a file

Dim FileName as String
FileName$ = "C:\PROGRA~1\MYDIRS~1\MYFILE~1.TXT
Kill FileName$
for a dir and all its files try this
add a reference to the Microsoft Scripting Runtime type library

Dim fso As New Scripting.FileSystemObject
fso.DeleteFolder "C:\PROGRA~1\MYDIRS~1" ',True ',True deletes read only
files also

George
"Fritsch Kieftenbelt uit Raalte (Bij Marienheem)"
<fr***************@NOSPAM.wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
news:43**********************@news.wanadoo.nl...

Hello.

When I use killdir to delete a file, only names from 8 characters or
shorter
wil delete.
But names like MYFILE~1.TXT don't work with killdir.

FileName$ = "C:\PROGRA~1\MYDIRS~1\MYFILE~1.TXT
KillDir FileName$

Above doesn't work.
When I do it in DOS prompt with DEL C:\PROGRA~1\MYDIRS~1\MYFILE~1.TXT,
then
it works.
I can't do it with other names because I get the shortnames (with tildes
"~") from another Windows program.
This program gives no long, full names.

Is there another command to delete a file, given with the short names?
For example to use the DOS command DEL.

[Michael D. Ober]

You can also use the following:

public sub KillDir(byval dirName as string)
dim cmd as string
if dir(dirname) = "" then exit sub
cmd = environ$("Comspec") & " /c rm /q/s " & dirname
shell cmd
end sub
Mike Ober.
"George Bashore" <gb******@bcpl.net> wrote in message
news:M-********************@comcast.com...

Fritsch try this for a file

Dim FileName as String
FileName$ = "C:\PROGRA~1\MYDIRS~1\MYFILE~1.TXT
Kill FileName$
for a dir and all its files try this
add a reference to the Microsoft Scripting Runtime type library

Dim fso As New Scripting.FileSystemObject
fso.DeleteFolder "C:\PROGRA~1\MYDIRS~1" ',True ',True deletes read only files also

George
"Fritsch Kieftenbelt uit Raalte (Bij Marienheem)"
<fr***************@NOSPAM.wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
news:43**********************@news.wanadoo.nl...

Hello.

When I use killdir to delete a file, only names from 8 characters or
shorter
wil delete.
But names like MYFILE~1.TXT don't work with killdir.

FileName$ = "C:\PROGRA~1\MYDIRS~1\MYFILE~1.TXT
KillDir FileName$

Above doesn't work.
When I do it in DOS prompt with DEL C:\PROGRA~1\MYDIRS~1\MYFILE~1.TXT,
then
it works.
I can't do it with other names because I get the shortnames (with tildes
"~") from another Windows program.
This program gives no long, full names.

Is there another command to delete a file, given with the short names?
For example to use the DOS command DEL.

[J French]

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:20:16 +0100, "Fritsch Kieftenbelt uit Raalte
\(Bij Marienheem\)" <fr***************@NOSPAM.wanadoo.nl> wrote:

Hello.

When I use killdir to delete a file, only names from 8 characters or shorter
wil delete.
But names like MYFILE~1.TXT don't work with killdir.

FileName$ = "C:\PROGRA~1\MYDIRS~1\MYFILE~1.TXT
KillDir FileName$

Above doesn't work.

I doubt that it is short file names

If the current directory is the one you want to kill, then one cannot
RmDir the directory
- same goes if one is in a Dir() loop inside the directory

It would be interesting to see the code for KillDir()