Deleting the original file?

Anon

Hi everyone

I currently have a web page where I am uploading files to a specific directory using copy().

Once the file has been uploaded and copied to the desired folder I am wanting to delete the ORIGINAL file. I know how to delete the temporary file using unlink() but its the original file that I need removing.

Is this possible?

Thanks

Anon

Yes; use unlink().

Anon

I'm using unlink() at the moment but that is only deleting the temporary file created when uploading, not the actual original file that I am copying.

If I could get the path for the original file then I could do it. The path is not the same all the time so I can't hard-code it.

Thanks

Scott

Anon

Well, how do you find the original file in the first place, and why can't you just refer to it again in the same way?

Anon

When I upload the file, I have a text box with the full path in it

(e.g. C:\RECYCLER\COBRA.txt)

When the data is passed, the variable containing this data on the next page only has the filename, not the path.

The text box is called "upstring", so on the next page $upstring is the name of the temporary file and $upstring_name gives me "COBRA.txt" without the path.

Cheers

Scott

Anon

Well yeah, the given path only means something on the client's machine. It doesn't mean anything on the server.

The file that gets uploaded is put into /tmp first, then you move it to where it should stay.

And if you want to delete the file on the client machine, does that mean I can have a script to delete their "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT"?

Anon

Oops. I see what you're getting at. I hadn't looked at it in that way.

Thanks for your help.

Scott