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From: Timo Salmi
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 1990 07:59

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In article <28836@usc> ajayshah@alhena.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
>In article <OTTO.90Dec14165710@tukki.jyu.fi> otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes:
>>In article <4043@uniol.UUCP> Kai.Buerhoop@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Kai Buerhoop) writes:
>>   I got a problem with the 'del'-command.
>>   I've got a certain file, which I can normally list with 'dir',
>>   but which, if I want to rename it, copy it or delete it cannot be
>>   modified.  DOS says: "Cannot find file"
>
>How about a simple explanation.  Consider a directory containing
>two files
.. rest of the valid, possible cause deleted ...

A very simple question to the original poster of the problem.  Have
you run chkdsk?  Another potential cause besides Ajay's
blanks-in-the-name is that there is something wrong with the file or
the fat.  Has been know to happen.

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Subject: Re: Problem with del...
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Date: 16 Dec 90 07:59:32 GMT
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