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From: mph@rover.UUCP (Mark Huth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: DeleteFile() problem
Message-ID: <437@rover.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 28-Jul-87 20:00:10 EDT
Article-I.D.: rover.437
Posted: Tue Jul 28 20:00:10 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 31-Jul-87 03:46:41 EDT
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In article <02JRH437@TAMVENUS> JRH4373@TAMVENUS.BITNET writes:
>Time for another question.  I am experiencing a bit of difficulty with the
>AmigaD*S function DeleteFile().  The documentation I have states that this
>function will delete a file or directory.  The problem is, in an application
>I am writing, I am getting an object in use error when trying to delete any
>directory after having deleted all files in that directory.  The files all
>Joel << Hatchet >> Hall
>jrh4373@tamvenus

There are three reasons that I know of that produuce this result.
	1) The object is in use because your current directory is that
		directory.
	2) The object is in use because an ASSIGN uses that directory
	3) There is an outstanding lock on the directory.

Any other information would be useful.

Mark Huth - I speak for myself
seismo!noao!mcdsun!nud!rover!mph

Actually, they would all seem to be cases of #3.