[Pnet-developers] [bugs #10485] File.Delete(string) throws an exception when the file does not exist

[Marcus Urban]

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URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=10485>
Project: DotGNU Portable.NET
Submitted by: Marcus Urban
On: Fri 09/24/2004 at 00:38

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Severity:  5 - Average
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Privacy:  Public
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Status:  Open


Summary:  File.Delete(string) throws an exception when the file does not exist

Original Submission:  File.Delete(string) throws an exception when the file 
does not exist. I think that it has something to do with the mapping of error 
codes.

File.Delete() invokes a helper method, which returns an error code. If the 
error code is that the file does not exist, everything is okay. Otherwise, an 
exception is thrown.

The problem is that eventually ILDelete() is called, which first tries the 
rmdir() function and then tries unlink(). If the file does not exist unlink() 
returns ENOENT, which is the integer 2 on my system. However, 
ILSysIOConvertErrno() converts this value to 1 (EPERM). So eventually 
File.Delete() receives an error code corresponding to EPERM, when it should 
instead receive ENOENT.






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Date: Fri 09/24/2004 at 00:38  Name: test-delete.cs  Size: 114B   By: mathpup
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http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?item_id=10485&amp;item_file_id=1700






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