RE: Unable to delete file from IFS

["Bill Burnet" <BBurnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You tried it with double quotes? 
Rm "\\QNTC\WDSERVER2\FLASH\ORTHOFLASH\\flash_test.xls"

This was my plan b when I had a similar problem. The rm worked for me so
I didn't try this but it is supposed to work:
Note:  An FTP session may be started either from the iSeries Command
Line (on the same iSeries system or on a different iSeries system) or it
may be started from a PC DOS Command Prompt.
 

  1     To start an FTP session to the IBM(r) System i(tm) system, on
the       
        operating system command line type the following command:

 

        FTP <systemname>

 

        Press the Enter key.  You are prompted to sign on and type your

        password.

 

 

  2     Once signed on, change the naming format from operating system
to  
        UNIX by issuing the NAMEFMT 1 command (quote site namefmt 1, and

        press the Enter key).  The FTP session should respond with 250

        Now using naming format "1".

 

 

  3     To change to the root of the Integrated File System, type the

        following:

 

        CD /

 

        Press the Enter key.  Response from the iSeries family system

        should be 250 "/" is current directory.

 

        If the file is located in a directory or a subdirectory rather

        than on the root of the Integrated File System, issue CD
dirname,  
        and press the Enter key.  Response from the iSeries family
system  
        should be 250 "/dirname" is current directory.

 

 

  4     Type the following:

 

        DEL \MYFILE.TXT.

 

        Press the Enter key.  The response is 250 Deleted file

        /\MYFILE.TXT.  This also works with the RENAME command.      






-----Original Message-----
From: MKirkpatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:MKirkpatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:17 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Unable to delete file from IFS

Bill, 

This is the FILE name:
\\QNTC\WDSERVER2\FLASH\ORTHOFLASH\\flash_test.xls

NOT the file name + directory(location).  This file was located in 
/home/mkirkpat not in \\QNTC\WDSERVER2\FLASH\ORTHOFLASH

Confusing, I know.  When I used the HSSF_Save the name of the file was 
\\QNTC\WDSERVER2\FLASH\ORTHOFLASH\\flash_test.xls and so it was created
in 
my home directory (/home/mkirkpat).  I screwed up the file name.

Thanks.


Michael Kirkpatrick
Western Dental Services, Inc.
Information Systems / System i(tm) Development
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midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/21/2008 09:58:31 AM:

> Did you change to the ORTHOFLASH directory and try rm
"\\flash_test.xls"
> ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MKirkpatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:MKirkpatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:47 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Unable to delete file from IFS
>
> Bill and Brad,.  Thanks.
>
> QSH  rm  worked for the one named: 
> \QNTC\WDSERVER2\FLASH\ORTHOFLASH\\flash_test.xls  (Note the single
slash
> at the beginning.)
>
> When I try to delete others like 
> \\QNTC\WDSERVER2\FLASH\ORTHOFLASH\\flash_test.xls  (Note the double
> slash 
> at the beginning)  it gives me an error:
>  rm: 001-2103 Error found getting information for file or directory 
> \QNTC\WDSERVER2\FLASH\ORTHOFLASH\flash_test.xls. No such file or 
> directory. (Notice the name, single slash at the beginning)
>
> It seems that it is actually looking for the file in the 
> \QNTC\WDSERVER2\FLASH\ORTHOFLASH directory.  But it is not there.  Any

> ideas?
>
>
> midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/21/2008 09:31:11 AM:
>
> > This worked for me when I had a similar problem:
> > To use QSHELL to remove the files, do the following:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  1   From an operating system command line, type the following:
> >
> >
> >
> >      STRQSH
> >
> >
> >
> >      Press the Enter key.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  2   To change directory to the directory containing the invalid
file
> >      name, type the following:  CD mydir
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  3   To remove the file, type the following:  RM "invalid file name"
> >
> >
> >
> >      Note:  Double-quotes are required in the RM command.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  4   Press F3 to end QSHELL.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MKirkpatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:MKirkpatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:26 AM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Unable to delete file from IFS
> >
> > This is very odd.  While testing my RPG pgm (HSSF) to create a XLS
> file,
> > I 
> > screwed up the file name.  I called the file: 
> >
> > \\QNTC\WDSERVER2\FLASH\ORTHOFLASH\flash_test.xls   Yes, that is the
> file
> > name, slashes and all.
> >
> > Now I cannot delete this file.  I have used WRKLNK Opt 4 and the
error
> > is 
> > 'Object not found'.  Opt 8 , though, show attributes, including a
> size.
> > I 
> >  IPLed the system and tried again with the same results.  I have
also 
> > tried using iNav ->File System and the error is 'The file, ...., was
> not
> > found.'
> >
> > Any suggestions?  Thanks.
> >
> >
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