Re^2: unlink fails to delete files with perculiar names

The OP doesn't say how $targ was set. It's merely speculation that he assigned it using a double-quoted literal. It might just as well have come from a readdir or whatever.

Also, why would unlink have returned 1, as the OP states? That should only have happened in the (unlikely) case there also was a file 'D:/Users/Dave/Documents/Personal/CV/~ Vitae - 09 June 2007.doc' around at the time of the unlink call.

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Re^3: unlink fails to delete files with perculiar names by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 22, 2011 at 11:02 UTC
It's merely speculation that he assigned it using a double-quoted literal Agreed. That's why likely work. It might just as well have come from a readdir But don't you have to combine the values from readdir with the path in order to get a fully qualified path? Could he be doing something like `$targ = "$path/$fname";`? why would unlink have returned 1, as the OP states? Not sure, but that construct looks suspect to me: `my($no) = unlink $targ \|\| carp "Unable to delete file $targ\n";`. What ends up in `$no` if unlink returns 0; the return value from `carp()`? With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: unlink fails to delete files with perculiar names by Anonymous Monk on Nov 22, 2011 at 11:06 UTC
Yup `$ perl -MCarp -e " my $f = unlink (666) \|\| carp 1; die $f " 1 at -e line 1 1 at -e line 1.` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: unlink fails to delete files with perculiar names by Eliya (Vicar) on Nov 22, 2011 at 12:11 UTC
No, because the OP didn't use parentheses with the unlink call, so the carp doesn't even execute. `$ perl -MCarp -e ' my $f = unlink 666 \|\| carp 1; die $f ' 0 at -e line 1.` [download] (see Re: unlink fails to delete files with perculiar names)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: unlink fails to delete files with perculiar names by DaveARoberts (Acolyte) on Nov 22, 2011 at 16:38 UTC
in my full code I get the file name using File::Find. From a windows directory listing from the command line the file is invisible, also from an explorer window...and from the application (MS word in this case) that presumeably created this as a temporary file it is also invisible.	[reply]


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