lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (10/29/90)
In <2217@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU>, niobium@arrakis.nevada.edu (Christopher W. Carlson) writes: >Hello, netfolks. > >I've been trying to cut down the amount of trash on a hard drive that I bought >used a month or so and have come across, as I said in the Subject: line, some >undeletable directories. > >The directories in question aren't referenced by any paths or assignments and >any effort on my part are to no avail. > >Is there some PD utility that I can use to scan across a hard drive (or any >disk, for that matter) and have it verify the file structure? I don't really >trust DiskDoctor and don't know if it works on a Hard Drive. > >Can anybody help me? I'm really at my wits' end. Some reasons a directory might be undeletable: 1. There is an ASSIGN naming that directory. Check by typing ASSIGN by itself. 2. A PATH is set to that directory. Check by typing 'path show'. 3. The directory is not empty. 4. A program has a LOCK on the directory. 5. A program that has exited has left a LOCK on the directory. 6. A program has the directory as its current directory. (same as a LOCK) 7. The directory has the 'd' protection bit disabled. Maybe there are more, but you might want to check all the above reasons. -larry -- It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
niobium@arrakis.nevada.edu (Christopher W. Carlson) (10/29/90)
Hello, netfolks.
I've been trying to cut down the amount of trash on a hard drive that I bought
used a month or so and have come across, as I said in the Subject: line, some
undeletable directories.
The directories in question aren't referenced by any paths or assignments and
any effort on my part are to no avail.
Is there some PD utility that I can use to scan across a hard drive (or any
disk, for that matter) and have it verify the file structure? I don't really
trust DiskDoctor and don't know if it works on a Hard Drive.
Can anybody help me? I'm really at my wits' end.
-=* Christopher W. Carlson
niobium@arrakis.nevada.edu
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