Bug fox for #809 - file writer does not over write shapefiles.

timlinux · timlinux · commit 307c00a31a43 · 2007-11-15T05:29:24.000Z
Files will now be owritten. Unit tests updated too. git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk@7409 c8812cc2-4d05-0410-92ff-de0c093fc19c
diff --git a/src/app/legend/qgslegendlayerfile.cpp b/src/app/legend/qgslegendlayerfile.cpp
@@ -343,6 +343,16 @@ void QgsLegendLayerFile::saveAsShapefileGeneral(bool saveOnlySelection)
     shapefileName += ".shp";
   }
   
+  // overwrite the file - user will already have been prompted
+  // to verify they want to overwrite by the file dialog above
+  if (QFile::exists(shapefileName))
+  {
+      if (!QgsVectorFileWriter::deleteShapeFile(shapefileName))
+      {
+        return;
+      }
+  }
+  // ok if the file existed it should be deleted now so we can continue...
   QApplication::setOverrideCursor(Qt::waitCursor);
   
   QgsVectorFileWriter::WriterError error;
diff --git a/src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp b/src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "qgsvectordataprovider.h"
 
 #include <QFile>
+#include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QTextCodec>
 
 #include <cassert>
@@ -329,3 +330,49 @@ QgsVectorFileWriter::WriterError
   
   return NoError;
 }
+
+
+bool QgsVectorFileWriter::deleteShapeFile(QString theFileName)
+{
+  //
+  // Remove old copies that may be lying around
+  //
+  QFileInfo myInfo(theFileName);
+  QString myFileBase = theFileName.replace(".shp","");
+  if (myInfo.exists())
+  {
+    if(!QFile::remove(myFileBase + ".shp"))
+    {
+      qDebug("Removing file failed : " + myFileBase.toLocal8Bit() + ".shp");
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  myInfo.setFile(myFileBase + ".shx");
+  if (myInfo.exists())
+  {
+    if(!QFile::remove(myFileBase + ".shx"))
+    {
+      qDebug("Removing file failed : " + myFileBase.toLocal8Bit() + ".shx");
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  myInfo.setFile(myFileBase + ".dbf");
+  if (myInfo.exists())
+  {
+    if(!QFile::remove(myFileBase + ".dbf"))
+    {
+      qDebug("Removing file failed : " + myFileBase.toLocal8Bit() + ".dbf");
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  myInfo.setFile(myFileBase + ".prj");
+  if (myInfo.exists())
+  {
+    if(!QFile::remove(myFileBase + ".prj"))
+    {
+      qDebug("Removing file failed : " + myFileBase.toLocal8Bit() + ".prj");
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.h b/src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.h
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsVectorFileWriter
     /** close opened shapefile for writing */
     ~QgsVectorFileWriter();
     
+    /** Delete a shapefile (and its accompanying shx / dbf / prf)
+     * @param QString theFileName - /path/to/file.shp
+     * @return bool true if the file was deleted successfully
+     */ 
+    static bool deleteShapeFile(QString theFileName);
   protected:
     
     OGRGeometry* createEmptyGeometry(QGis::WKBTYPE wkbType);
