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- From: licht-jeffrey@cs.yale.edu (Jeffrey Licht)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Can't throw away file even w/option key
- Date: 13 Dec 1992 10:11:51 -0500
- Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
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- In article <724233643.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP> John.Seeger@p931.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (John Seeger) writes:
- > JB> Can't throw away file even w/option key held down. I deleted all text
- > JB> in it, locked and unlocked it, put and took out comments. Nada. Jeff.
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- >I had a very similar situation and it turned out when I looked the file info
- >with ResEdit the file was marked open. I was unable to unmark it open meaning
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- There's a very handy DA that I use called Developers Tools 2.2 for things like
- this. It's very good at closing and deleting files that other programs say
- are open or locked.
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- I've briefly checked umich and sumex, and I can't find it anywhere. If it
- really isn't there and there's enough demand, I'll be glad to upload it.
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- Jeffrey Licht
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