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Re: Help! Deleted (?) /Nowhere directory

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From: Barry Day
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 00:00
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bbattles@nai.net wrote:


>  Okay, yes, I know it was a stupid mistake, but I somehow accidentally
>seem to have deleted my /Nowhere subdirectory. (I first recognized there
>........

>  I don't see the /Nowhere subdirectory when I type  DIR  or DIR *.  or
>DIR *.* from an OS/2 prompt in the C:\ root directory, although there *is*
>a \Nowhere directory listed when I look at the C: drive with the ZTree Bold
>.....

\Nowhere is a hidden directory - that's why Ztree finds it and DIR
doesn't.

Depending on how many times you've re-installed, the nowhere directory
may be called \Nowhere1  \Nowhere2 ..etc (\Desktop can be like this too)

Your system may really be looking for one of these rather than \nowhere.
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From: bday@iccu6.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au (Barry Day)
Subject: Re: Help! Deleted (?) /Nowhere directory
Date: 1995/10/31
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