Unable to delete file on Windows shared folder

[lucatrv]

I tried to delete a file on a Windows shared folder (it is on a NAS, shared through Samba). I get the following error message:

Error during a trash operation: Unknown { description: "windows error: Impossibile trovare il file specificato.\r\n" }

[Byron]

Thanks for letting us know. What's the version of this crate you were using? Is there a minimal program you can post here that would reproduce the issue, assuming the file to be deleted is on a Samba mount? Thanks.

[lucatrv]

Z: is a Samba mount and Z:\z.txt is an empty file.

The following code:

use trash;

fn main() {
    trash::delete(r"Z:\z.txt").unwrap();
}

errors out with message:

thread 'main' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Unknown { description: "windows error: Impossibile trovare il file specificato.\r\n" }

while the following code works:

use std::fs;

fn main() {
    fs::remove_file(r"Z:\z.txt").unwrap();
}

I'm on:

• Windows 10 x64
• rustc 1.62.1
• trash 2.1.5

[Byron]

Thanks a lot, that should help.

Note: I have a hunch this is related to a path-processing step happening when using trash, maybe canonicalization. There is an alternative implementation of this, git_path::realpath() or git_path::absolutize() which could be tried if this really is the case.

[lucatrv]

For your info, when you delete a file on a shared folder from Windows File Explorer, the file is deleted permanently and not moved to the trash bin. I guess this is to avoid copying files through the network. So when a file is on a shared folder maybe you could just issue std::fs::remove_file directly.
The best solution however would be to add an option, with default to delete permanently, otherwise to copy through network and move to the local trash bin.