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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: A really undeleteable file (Yes I tried everything in the FAQ)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.224032.4462@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
- Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <4691@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 22:40:32 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- In article <4691@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU> rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ronald J. Vaniwaarden) writes:
- >Well, I think I have the ultimate in undeletable files. While I was
- >installing the Trident 32-bit drvers, I rebooted from a floppy to
- >change the 'in-use' files and while at the command line, I tried to print
- >out a file. What I did was type fname.txt > lpt1. Well, nothing
- >was printed and I searched to find the old copy of thes file. When I
- >rebooted, there was this file called lpt1 and it is undeleteable. I
- >tried the drag to a folder and delete the folder but I am not allowed
- >to move the file. If I try to delete it, it says it \dev\lpt1 Sys0003:
- >the system cannot find the path specified.
- >If I try the gnu rm, it says rm:can't force write permission for c:/lpt1:
- >no such file or directory.
-
- Does the Black Hole Workplace Shell object (available via anonymous
- ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu, filename blakhole.zip, I believe, in
- directory /pub/uploads at the moment) do anything?
-
- What happens when you try to delete it from an OS/2 floppy boot?
-
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