[revServer] should revdelete work

[Pierre Sahores]

Yes, if really needed but about the unability of "delete folder" and/or revdeletefolder, to work against non empty folders, does this need to be seen as a bug or as a feature ? My vote would go to the second purposal...

Best,

Pierre

Le 4 mai 2011 à 16:13, Mike Bonner a écrit :

> In this case a (potentially dangerous) shell call is probably the best
> option.
> 
> shell("rm -r directoryname")
> 
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Matthias Rebbe <runrev260805 at m-r-d.de>wrote:
> 
>> Pierre,
>> 
>> thanks for your answer.
>> 
>> delete folder... unfortunately only deletes empty folders. If a folder
>> contains files or other folders one has to use revdeletefolder. At least
>> that´s what the dictionary says.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Matthias
>> Am 04.05.2011 um 00:05 schrieb Pierre Sahores:
>> 
>>> Matthias,
>>> 
>>> I don't use the revdeletefolder command and can't comment on it but :
>>> 
>>> delete file (thepath)
>>> delete folder (thepath)
>>> 
>>> instead, from within my irev libs and it works fine (as long as, in case
>> of file, the file to delete is not the running irev script it self !).
>>> 
>>> HTH,
>>> 
>>> Pierre
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Le 3 mai 2011 à 23:20, Matthias Rebbe a écrit :
>>> 
>>>> Sorry,
>>>> 
>>>> of course i meant revdeletefolder.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Matthias
>>>> Am 03.05.2011 um 23:18 schrieb Matthias Rebbe:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> i am trying to delete an non empty folder with an .irev script on
>> on-rev.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The dictionary says that revdelete is supported under Desktop. Web
>> (Revlet) and Server. But i get an "Can´t find Handler" error.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Could someone confirm that revdelete does or does not work for her/him
>> under revServer?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Matthias
>>>> 
>>>> 
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