386256 - Unable to remove file that exists

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core :: XPCOM, defect)

Description

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Part of the EM code attempts to delete an rdf file from the temporary directory. I have seen it failing with NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND even though the file exists.

More interestingly if I change the code to:

if (file.exists()) {
  LOG("removing file");
  file.remove(false);
}

Then the code works, logs the message and removes the file without error.