Deleting a Folder

[JimDaniel]

for( i = cnt; i = 0; i--)
      QDir::rmdir( dirListing[i]);

for( i = cnt; i = 0; i--)
      QDir::rmdir( dirListing[i]);

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One problem I see here is that you're setting i = 0 in the for loop's conditional test - you want it to read i >= 0. That may be causing your error as after i is set to 0, you then decrement it, so the next go round its trying to access dirListing[-1], besides being stuck in an infinite loop.

EDIT: After looking through the documentation, I see what you're saying, there is not static function QDir::rmdir(); Well, if you don't want to rethink your algorithm, I found a function called cdUp() in QDir, but I've never used it so I can't speak for it. Seems like this would work though:

for(i = cnt; i >= 0; i--)
{
  QDir dir(dirListing[i]);
  dir.cdUp();
  dir.rmdir(dirListing[i]);
}

for(i = cnt; i >= 0; i--)
{
  QDir dir(dirListing[i]);
  dir.cdUp();
  dir.rmdir(dirListing[i]);
}

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[GTBuilder]

Jim,

Thanks very much for your input. Big advantage to your approach is I don't end up with a huge QStringList containing a list of all the files in the directory, (>2000 possible).

Routine works, but one problem remaining. Directory is from a commercial application and can contain files with system attribute or others that prevent removal, thus hanging the complete deletion of the directory.

I need a QFile::setPermission( ?) I guess.

[JimDaniel]

Maybe, I'm not too familiar with setPermissions(). If you are accessing files not created by the program you may run into trouble randomly, unless you have some kind of control over the files. Glad my algorithm can be of help to you.

[GTBuilder]

JIm,

setPermissions doesn't work. One of the problems is that some files have 'hidden' attribute so the QFileInfoList doesn't even see them. I had to use QProcess to launch an MSDOS batch file:

CD %1
ATTRIB -h -s -r /s
EXIT

and add a delay before launching the delete files algorithm.

I'm sure there's a much cleaner way using WIN32 API functions because an entire folder can be sent to the Recycle Bin with a single key-stroke.

[lyuts]

The problem is that your trying to delete you dir like this

QDir::rmdir( dirListing[i]);

QDir::rmdir( dirListing[i]);

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But rmdir is not static. What you should do is create QDir object (let say QDir dir) and then

dir.rmdir(...);

dir.rmdir(...);

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[skimber]

Why can't you use QProcess to remove the folder? This destroys the folder and everything in it.

QProcess delfiles;
delfiles.start("rm -R /folder/files");

QProcess delfiles;
delfiles.start("rm -R /folder/files");

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[rbp]

well that's not going to work cross platform

[spirit]

read this thread, maybe it should help you.