ID Number: Q82005
1.00
WINDOWS
Summary:
If you delete files that are in a currently active file list (created
with the SETFILE statement), you will not be able to remove the files
from the list using SETFILE <filespec>, OFF. Because SETFILE searches
the current directory for the file(s) matching the current filespec
each time it needs to operate on the current file list, it will no
longer be able to find or operate on files that have been deleted.
If you delete or change files from under a file list, you should
rebuild the list (using CLEARLIST and SETFILE).
This information applies to Microsoft Test for version 1.0 for
Windows.
More Information:
When you set up a file list using the SETFILE statement, you can use
wildcard characters to refer to a number of related files. The file
list is not automatically updated if you create a new file that
matches the file list specification, or if you delete an existing file
that was added based on the original file specification.
If you delete a file that is in the list, you will not be able to
remove it from the list using the SETFILE command as you might expect.
In order to delete a specific file from the file list, Test must first
be able to find the file on the system. If you do delete a file such
that this condition occurs, you must clear the file list using
CLEARLIST and re-create it using SETFILE.
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