Thread: File deletion problem...

I'm using the c++ remove() function but it will not delete the file for some reason =(

Ideas?

Could it be some kind of permission problem? Perhaps you could post the smallest and simplest compilable code that demonstrates the problem.

Okay... im actually having another problem coupled with this but i'll post that one seperately.

Code:

void deleteSnakeFile(string file)
{
	string rem= "/snakes/"+file+".dea";
	remove(rem.c_str());
	//remove from list
	vector<string> rnames;
	vector<string> rums;
	loadSnakeList(rums, rnames);
	//Search
	int pos;
	for(int i=0; i < rums.size(); i++)
	{
		if(rums.at(i) == file)
		{
			pos = i;
		}
	}
	//Rewrite file
	ofstream fout2("snakes/main_list.txt");
	for(int i=0; i<rums.size(); i++)
	{
		if(i != pos)
		{
			fout2<<rums.at(i)<<"-"<<rnames.at(i)<<"\n";
		}
	}
	fout2.close();
	//Done
}

Are you sure the current directory is correct? It isn't always the same as your executable directory, so when you use relative paths they are sometimes not what you expect. Test it with the full path and see if that works.

If the path is right, be sure that any fstreams that you have used with that file have been closed.

One path is absolute, and the other is relative ?

Expanding on Salem's idea, I would guess that you meant to use a relative path here, like you did lower down:

Code:

string rem= "/snakes/"+file+".dea";

->

Code:

string rem= "snakes/"+file+".dea";

Unless you've created a folder on the root of your drive, c:\snakes, for example. In which case it'd be the other way around.