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- From: mojaveg@mojaveg.ridgecrest.ca.us (Everett M. Greene)
- Subject: Re: Can't delete files ?!?!? Help!!!
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- References: <277.6575T1386T2727@mail.telepac.pt> <4cd9ve$745@news2.delphi.com>
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- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 22:18:52 GMT
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- In article <4cd9ve$745@news2.delphi.com> jdow@BIX.com (Joanne Dow) writes:
- > In article <277.6575T1386T2727@mail.telepac.pt>,
- > chryse@mail.telepac.pt (chryse) wrote:
- > >I have a slight problem...I cannot delete some files from my HD.
- > >I have an A1200 030 33 68882 50 10Mb RAM 120 HD.
- > >
- > >They are not Delete Protect...thats all o.k.
- > >When I do a delete, it just doesnt go..!!
- > >Is the solution the Format ? I use FFS, is AFS better ?
- >
- > Sometimes you can create a file that is mishashed. You cannot do anything with
- > it other than list it. You cannot read it, write to it, or erase it. If this is
- > what happened to you DiskSalv or AmiBackTools is the quickest way to clear the
- > situation.
- >
- > If it is simply a file with a wildcard in its name then it becomes fairly easy
- > to delete it with the "delete #? opt i" command. (The "opt i" stands for "option
- > interactive".)
-
- Don't you mean "dir inter"?
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- Ridgecrest, Ca. 93555 Path: mojaveg@ridgecrest.ca.us
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