Host command issue

hi,
i am using forms 6i and OS is windows XP. i have generated a file using text_io and file is generated successfully. the file is then processed and needs to be deleted. i am trying to use host command to delete it by using the file name which was genrated earlier but the file deletion does not take place.
file_name := 'abc.txt';
host('del C:\'||file_name);
but when hardcoding and running the following command it deletes
host('del C:\abc.txt');
kindly suggest what can be done.
thanks in advance
Regards,
RBL

hi,
@francis: i have checked the output and tested it and there seems no issue. i did think of the same possiblity but it is having an issue somewhere.
@ahmmad : i did check that out too. same output.
weird issue and sure that that the name of the file must be getting corruptted or disotred during the process.
regards,
RBL

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