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- From: jsev@midland.co.nz (John Severinsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.introduction
- Subject: Re: HELP: How to delete a file named ".."
- Date: 1 Jan 1996 23:35:28 GMT
- Organization: Midland Internet Limited, Network Services
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- On 29-Dec-95, Stefano Cairoll wrote:
- >HELP!!!!
- >I really need HELP!!
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- >I don't know how, but I have on my hard disk a file that is named ".."
- >The problem is that it seems that it's impossible to delete!! I've tried
- >with the SHELL, with Directory Opus 4, DOpus 5 and the Workbench.. NOTHING!!
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- >How can I delete this damned file from my hard disk???
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- Why won't it delete the file? What error is displayed? As a first guess, is
- the file delete protected? (check the protection flags). The other possibility
- is that the disk may be corrupted. Maybe you could check it with DiskSalv.
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