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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

1665.0. "The File that wouldn't die..." by HYSTER::DEARBORN (Trouvez Mieux) Tue Sep 06 1988 15:18

    Here's a good one:
    
    The other night, I deciced to do a little cleaning up on my hard
    disk.  I took an Empty Drawer icon and made copies of it, renaming
    them as different names.  Then I dragged a ton of files into the
    new drawers.  Big deal, huh?
    
    Well I then discovered that the Empty Drawer icon that I used was
    only an icon, not a real subdirectory.
    
    What a mess.  Well I was able to delete all the corrupt files and
    directories and rebuild what I had lost from my backup.
    
    Here's the problem now:  I have a file that I can't delete.  I can't
    rename it.  I can't move it.  I've tried everything.  It is an .info
    file for a file that no longer exists.  It does not display an icon.
    It doesn't do anything.  It just won't go away.  If I try to move
    the directory it is in, everything halts when it gets to this mystery
    file.
    
    Other than re-formatting the disk, is there anyway to get rid of
    this thing?
    
    Moral:  Always try to open a drawer before you move files into it.
    Icons are not always what they appear.
    
    Randy
    
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1665.1WJG::GUINEAUTue Sep 06 1988 15:368
What kind of error do you get?

(depending on above) did you try to use PROTECT?

Maybe DISKDOCTOR (or a more stable such tool) would work?

John
1665.2Try a directory utility programVTHRAX::KIPNo Dukes.Tue Sep 06 1988 16:156
    I'd try using one of the point-and-click directory utilities to
    delete it.  Sometimes when I have a file that behaves strangely,
    due to its having a weird name for instance, I can delete it when
    I use a program like, say DiskMaster.
    
    Worth a shot...