QFile::remove doesn't work

**mentalmushroom** · 20th July 2011, 13:33

Hello. I noticed QFile::remove has problems with deleting files sometimes, namely I can't delete the video file. I think it is somehow related to sharing violation, BUT with WinAPI function DeleteFile it is deleted without any problems, so I suppose there is some bug in QFile. I have this issue always with that file, so it is easy to reproduce.

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// returns false
QFile::remove("C:/Users/shroom/Documents/TestIt/downloads/The.Matrix.1999.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XviD.AC3-XviK/The.Matrix.1999.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XviD.AC3.CD1-XviK.avi");
 
// returns 1 and deletes fine
DeleteFileA("C:/Users/shroom/Documents/TestIt/downloads/The.Matrix.1999.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XviD.AC3-XviK/The.Matrix.1999.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XviD.AC3.CD1-XviK.avi");

// returns false
QFile::remove("C:/Users/shroom/Documents/TestIt/downloads/The.Matrix.1999.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XviD.AC3-XviK/The.Matrix.1999.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XviD.AC3.CD1-XviK.avi");

// returns 1 and deletes fine
DeleteFileA("C:/Users/shroom/Documents/TestIt/downloads/The.Matrix.1999.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XviD.AC3-XviK/The.Matrix.1999.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XviD.AC3.CD1-XviK.avi");

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I am using Qt 4.7.2 and my operating system is Windows 7 x64