simon@alberta.uucp (Simon Tortike) (06/09/90)
This topic was discussed several months ago but unfortunately I did not
follow it closely at the time. I have one of these undeletable folders:
the 'file is busy or the folder is not empty' is the response every time
I try to trash it. DiskTop claims the folder contains -3 files, while the
Finder, which presumably can't count less that 0, states that there are
zero items inside. I tried putting 3 junk files inside the folder, in a
vain attempt to fool the system gods, but was still unable to delete the
folder. I would reformat the disk, but it is my 80 Mbyte internal.
Could the person who had these problems before please post the solution?
Thanks,
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W. Simon Tortike, | tel : 403/492-3338
Dept of Mining, Metallurgical | fax : 403/492-7219
and Petroleum Engineering, | CA*net : simon@cs.UAlberta.CA
University of Alberta, | uucp : simon@alberta.uucp
Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6. | delepiw@nyssa.CS.ORST.EDU (Wesley Delepierre) (06/10/90)
]This topic was discussed several months ago but unfortunately I did not ]follow it closely at the time. I have one of these undeletable folders: ]the 'file is busy or the folder is not empty' is the response every time ]I try to trash it. DiskTop claims the folder contains -3 files, while the ]Finder, which presumably can't count less that 0, states that there are ]zero items inside. I tried putting 3 junk files inside the folder, in a ]vain attempt to fool the system gods, but was still unable to delete the ]folder. I would reformat the disk, but it is my 80 Mbyte internal. Here is one solution that I came up with. I used the shareware stuffit to archive the folder as a folder and had the 'delete when done' option checked . When the process was completed the folder from hell was gone and the inert archived folder could be trashed with no problems. Hope this helps. Wes Delepierre delepiw@nyssa.cs.orst.edu
simon@alberta.uucp (Simon Tortike) (06/14/90)
In article <18820@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> delepiw@nyssa.CS.ORST.EDU.UUCP (Wesley Delepierre) writes: > >Here is one solution that I came up with. I used the shareware stuffit to >archive the folder as a folder and had the 'delete when done' option checked >. When the process was completed the folder from hell was gone and the inert >archived folder could be trashed with no problems. Hope this helps. > Unfortunately, the deletion is not completed because of a 'file is busy' error. Thanks anyway. ------------------- W. Simon Tortike, | tel : 403/492-3338 Dept of Mining, Metallurgical | fax : 403/492-7219 and Petroleum Engineering, | CA*net : simon@cs.UAlberta.CA University of Alberta, | uucp : simon@alberta.uucp Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6. |