Can't delete folder

[emosensei]

Hello, all--

New File Manipulator user here (on Mac OS 10.5.8).

When I test for the existence of myFolder inside the /Volumes/ directory...
PCFM_GetFolderExists ( "/Volumes/myFolder" )
...it always returns a 0 (success).

However, when I attempt to DELETE that folder...
PCFM_FolderDelete( "/Volumes/myFolder" ) or PCFM_FolderDelete( "Macintosh HD/Volumes/myFolder" )
...I always get a result code of -5.  What am I doing wrong?

Many thanks--

[Melinda DePalma]

-5 indicates "unable to delete folder" and it is strange if the folder actually does exist. Please check the following:

1) Folder permissions to ensure that your user account on this machine has read/write access to delete folders in that directory.

2) Try to delete the same folder from the FileMaker demo file that comes with the plug-in. Can you successfully delete this folder from the demo file?

3) Try to delete a folder in a different location to ensure that the FolderDelete function is actually working properly on the machine.

Please let me know your results.

[emosensei]

Maybe the problem was due to an invisible folder named .Spotlight-V100 inside the parent folder.

drwx------   root   admin   102  Oct 23 15:09  .Spotlight-V100

Same result code (-5) using the PCFM demo file.
Other folders delete fine, I believe the plug-in is working fine.

I had to manually delete the stubborn folder shortly after my original post so I don't know what its permissions were, but I did happen to make a note of the .Spotlight-V100 folder as I was troubleshooting. Would PCFM be unable to delete the parent folder if it was owned by root and its permissions were drwx------?

If I'm able to reproduce this situation I will contact you.

Many thanks--