Re: [libtorrent] How accurate is the error in torrent_delete_failed_alert?

[sledgehammer999 <sle...@qb...>]

Does anyone know?

2017-09-17 23:44 GMT+03:00 sledgehammer999 <sle...@qb...>
:

> Not sure if this is bug, so I am asking first in the mailing list.
>
> Some users had problems of files not being removed when torrents were
> removed.
> We started logging the error.message() from torrent_delete_failed_alert,
> but the reason most of the time is nonsensical.
>
> For example, if I have marked a files as read-only the error message reads
> as:
> "The directory name is invalid"
>
> The above message appears to be a "catch all message".
>
> Another message is "The directory is not empty" even though the save path
> contains files only from the torrent being deleted.
>
> So I am asking how accurate/reliable is that message?
> Does libtorrent stop deleting files when it encounters an error with one
> file or does it continue to the next one until the end?
> If it continues, and multiple errors are encountered, which error is the
> one reported? The first one or the last one?
>