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- From: hm@opus40.ix.de (Harald Milz)
- Subject: Re: HELP: can't get rid of a directory called "LPT1"
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.123616.12091@opus40.ix.de>
- Sender: hm@opus40.ix.de (Harald Milz)
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- References: <1103@wspcrd.PeachtreeCityGA.ncr.com> <ic#@byu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 12:36:16 GMT
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- In article <ic#@byu.edu>, $dougn@sasb.byu.edu (Douglas R. Nebeker - MIS_SAS) writes:
- |> In article <1103@wspcrd.PeachtreeCityGA.ncr.com> jrs@wspcrd.PeachtreeCityGA.ncr.com (Jim Shockey) writes:
- |> >Hi. I had a directory named "RPT1" which I erased the other day. While I
- |> >attempt to recover it using Norton Utilities I gave it a wrong name -- "LPT1"
- |> >and now I can't do anything about it. All I want to do is to erase it.
- |> >Please help me. Please, please, please...
- |>
- |>
- |> I'll bet DEL ?PT1 will do the trick.
- |>
- |> Good Luck
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- Probably not because the command line expansion is done by COMMAND.COM
- before the system call UNLINK is performed. DOS then tries to delete the file
- LPT1 but starts its search at the internal files, i.e. CON,PRN, AUX etc inluding
- LPT1.
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- Sorry.
- What you can do is directly patch your dir's directory entry. Norton could help.
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