Delete file

[shapper]

Hello,

I am deleting a file from database data as follows:
File.Delete(Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory,
String.Concat(s.SlidePath, s.SlideFilename)));

The problem is that I get an error when the file does not exist.

How can I prevent that?

Thanks,
Miguel

 

[Matt]

Hello,

I am deleting a file from database data as follows:
File.Delete(Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory,
String.Concat(s.SlidePath, s.SlideFilename)));

The problem is that I get an error when the file does not exist.

How can I prevent that?

The File.Exists method might be a good place to start

Try

if ( File.Exists(filename) )
File.Delete(filename);

where, of course, filename is the string you build above.
You'll find File.Exists in the System.IO assembly.

matt

 

[Kerem Gümrükcü]

Hi Miguel,

you first check with "File.Exists(...)"
and enwrap all potentially error raising
sections with a try/catch construct. Thats
it,...

Regards

Kerem

 

[Pavel Minaev]

The File.Exists method might be a good place to start

Try

if ( File.Exists(filename) )
   File.Delete(filename);

where, of course, filename is the string you build above.
You'll find File.Exists in the System.IO assembly.

Of course, you still have to catch IOException on the call to
File.Delete even though you do the check - because another process
might have deleted the file between the call to Exists() and the call
to Delete()!

 

[Matt]

Of course, you still have to catch IOException on the call to
File.Delete even though you do the check - because another process
might have deleted the file between the call to Exists() and the call
to Delete()!

Excellent point. Of course, you could just catch the exception to
begin
with, and skip the Exists call, but I prefer to make it exceptions a
truly
"exceptional" event.

Matt