Re: File.Delete - temp folder?

Posted by Justin McGrath on Sep 08, 2008; 1:42pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/File-Delete-temp-folder-tp3695147p3695149.html

If you didn't want the directory in one of the three locations Michael
listed, you could probably use the exec() function instead.  It
executes a system command, and the limitations would be dependent on
the user's permissions.

Linux
exec("rm", "path");

Windows
exec("cmd" , "/c" , "del", "path");

Justin

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:40 AM, Michael Schmid <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> As written in the documentation, for deleting the file must be
> in one of these
>  - (1) in the user's home directory
>  - (2) the ImageJ directory or
>  - (3) the temp directory.
>
> Actually, any directory with "ImageJ" in the path will fulfil
> (2), so you can delete, e.g. /disk2/data/ImageJdata/myimage.tiff
>
> The temp directory for (3) is the one you get with
> getDirectory("temp").
>
> To avoid the "1" in the log Window, assign the result to a
> variable:
>  success = File.delete(myPath+myFilename);
> or
>  if (!File.delete(myPath+myFilename)) exit("Delete failed");
>
> Michael
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> On 4 Sep 2008, at 20:57, Robert Barton wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am trying to incorporate the file.delete function into a macro and am
>> able to get it to work if I use an "ImageJ" directory somewhere along the
>> path, but it will not work if I use a "temp" folder.  I have
>> tried "temp", "tmp", "Temp", and "Tmp" with no luck.
>>
>> It is not imperitive to change it, but would make my files less confusing
>> for someone else who may be using them.
>>
>> Also, is it possible to bypass the "1" that signifies that the file was
>> deleted?
>>
>> Thanks
>