problem deleting file

Hi all,
I need to delete files using UNC path of the file in xp_cmdshell
procedure.
The @.FileUNCPath variable contains the UNC path of the file and it has
correct value.
The SQL server service and Sql server agent service are running under
CSQL5 windows account. CSQL5 has full access to the files I am trying to
delete. But when I try to delete the file using the following statements,
@.Result is always 1 and the file does not get deleted.
So please help. Thanks in advance.
SET @.ShellCommand = 'delete "'+@.FileUNCPath+'"'
EXEC @.Result = master..xp_cmdshell @.ShellCommandYour OS use "delete" or "del", check the correct command to be used.
AMB
"sql" wrote:

> Hi all,
> I need to delete files using UNC path of the file in xp_cmdshell
> procedure.
> The @.FileUNCPath variable contains the UNC path of the file and it has
> correct value.
> The SQL server service and Sql server agent service are running under
> CSQL5 windows account. CSQL5 has full access to the files I am trying to
> delete. But when I try to delete the file using the following statements,
> @.Result is always 1 and the file does not get deleted.
> So please help. Thanks in advance.
> SET @.ShellCommand = 'delete "'+@.FileUNCPath+'"'
> EXEC @.Result = master..xp_cmdshell @.ShellCommand
>
>|||Try these examples to see if you get any more info on what the command is
actually doing:
CREATE TABLE #Errors (Results VARCHAR(1000))
INSERT INTO #Errors (FName)
exec @.Return = master..xp_cmdshell @.Cmd
DECLARE @.cmd sysname, @.var sysname
SET @.var = 'Hello world'
SET @.cmd = 'echo ' + @.var + ' > var_out.txt'
EXEC master..xp_cmdshell @.cmd
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"sql" <donotspam@.nospaml.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> I need to delete files using UNC path of the file in xp_cmdshell
> procedure.
> The @.FileUNCPath variable contains the UNC path of the file and it has
> correct value.
> The SQL server service and Sql server agent service are running under
> CSQL5 windows account. CSQL5 has full access to the files I am trying to
> delete. But when I try to delete the file using the following statements,
> @.Result is always 1 and the file does not get deleted.
> So please help. Thanks in advance.
> SET @.ShellCommand = 'delete "'+@.FileUNCPath+'"'
> EXEC @.Result = master..xp_cmdshell @.ShellCommand
>