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I don't know what the problem is, but here's a couple things I would look
at.

First, take Jim's suggestion of checking the "errno" value; the -1 return
for unlink and remove means "error", not "file open"; errno gives you
the real error code and that might yield a clue.

Second, since it works when you cut and paste the command, maybe there's
a non-printing character in the string somewhere (space, newline, whatever)
that's confusing the system call.

Third, could the program and the command window have different environments
or drive mappings somehow?

Good luck!

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On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Sposato, John wrote:

> Hoping maybe someone in the CCC group can help:
>
> I have tried unsuccessfully to delete a file using remove() and _unlink().
> I pass them a c_str converted file name that includes the path.  The files
> reside on a network drive that is mapped to a drive letter (i.e., g:).  It
> always returns a -1 (file open), even though none of the files are open.
> Even the system() command doesn't work (system("del foo.txt").  Yet, if I
> copy the command that gets echoed to the logfile and paste it into a command
> window it deletes the file.  I am very confused, can someone help?
>
> Thanks
>
> John Sposato Jr
>