Unable to delete file on the remote host

Question

Hi,
I tried to delete a file on the remote host using File.delete method as well as using Runtime.getRuntime.exec("del filename")
But both of them failed to work. First one returned false, but the second one is throwing IOException always.
I am trying this through a java application in Windows NT environment. I am using jdk1.3. How can i solve this problem?.
IOException occured at DataLoadFromTxtToOra exeBatchForTWS: CreateProcess: del \\ERSWEB\DTemp\ERS\HEB_428\DATAFILES\ERSWEB\DLCOMMA.txt error=2
Regards,
Babu

Answer 1

you should be able to do that if you have rights on the file, try the following code and substitute the computer/share names:
               File aFile = new File("\\\\COMPUTER\\share\\filename.ext");
               System.out.println("Read: " + aFile.canRead());
               System.out.println("Write: " + aFile.canWrite());
               System.out.println("Exists: " + aFile.exists());
               System.out.println("File: " + aFile.isFile());
               aFile.delete();Mind the slashes: a single backslash is causing a escape character: \n for example is a (unix) return. A double \\ defeats it and results in a single \ in the filename
If everything returns true I think the file will be deleted. If isFile() returns false you've got the path/filename wrong.