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john george
5-5-06, 04:48 PM
I have just revamped my website and have uploaded it using Ace ftp. Now my site will not open. When I look in hdocs to open or delete my file index.html Iget the message

550 Could not delete /index.html: No such file or directory
Unable to delete file "/index.html", continuing anyway...

Can anyone help me to solve this problem.
tbonekkt
5-6-06, 12:50 PM
Is the file's name actually "/index.html"?
Rick_E
5-7-06, 04:43 PM
A PHP script might delete the file. Try creating a new page named deletethis.php with the following code and saving the page in the same directory as the troublesome file. Once the deletethis.php is on the web site, browse to the page deletethis.php. Nothing will appear to happen but with luck the file will have been deleted.

As always, it is good practice to back up your web site files first.

<html>
<head></head>

<body>
<?php unlink('/index.html'); ?>
</body>

</html>
mprovost
5-7-06, 11:30 PM
Is there a space in the name? That could cause problems.