Django delete() command

Asked Mar 07 '18 at 12:23

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I'm building a web app in Django. There I have a model DocFile with a FileField upload.

class DocFile(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField('Bezeichnung', max_length=100)
    md5sum = models.CharField(max_length=32)
    upload = models.FileField('Datei', upload_to=media_file_name, storage=MediaFileSystemStorage())

In the following view, I try to delete the database entry (not the file in my media dir) of DocFile where pk=pd.

def delete_doc(request, pd, pk):
    doc = get_object_or_404(DocFile, pk=pd)
    doc.delete()
    return redirect('list_docfile', pk=pk)

But sadly the delete() command deletes both the database entry and the file in the media dir. I tried to search for a solution but all I got was this: Django delete FileField

If Django removed the function that delete() removes the file of the FileField, why does the command still removes both in my Django application.

edited Mar 07 '18 at 13:49

cezar

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asked Mar 07 '18 at 12:23

ProjectBWS

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Which Django version are you using? – RemcoGerlich Mar 07 '18 at 12:32
Good point old Django would automatically delete both newer versions woudn't – Kimmo Hintikka Mar 07 '18 at 12:32
I'm using Django Version 2.0.1 – ProjectBWS Mar 07 '18 at 12:40
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So, that's weird. Django 2 does NOT delete file on disk when the corresponding DB entry is deleted. Are you sure your project does not use a third part module that delete this file. Something like `django-cleanup`? – Antwane Mar 07 '18 at 13:14
Problem solved. Thanks a lot! I had django-cleanup added in my settings.py in installed_apps. I added it along the way but it did not fulfill my requests so I totally forgot about that modul. – ProjectBWS Mar 07 '18 at 13:52

Django delete() command

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