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Article #10699Re: Out out junk file! (I need help).
From: Roy M. Silvernail
Date: Mon, 27 May 1991 04:49
Date: Mon, 27 May 1991 04:49
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hayward@husc3.harvard.edu writes:
> Well hey my buddy has a small problem. Which is that he has an invisible
> (hidden) file which is junk and is takeing up hard disk space and he can't
> remove the bugger.
I can think of 2 ways...
1. Use 'ATTRIB -H FILENAME' to clear the hidden bit, and delete
normally.
2. Use LIST.COM, and delete the file from the file-selection menu. (in
case you hadn't noticed, LIST shows all the files in a directory, and
will cheerfully delete them, hidden or not. it won't delete a read-only
file, though)
Of course, if the file _is_ read-only, use 'ATTRIB -R FILENAME' to clear
the read-only bit.
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Roy M. Silvernail -- roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu - OR- cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!cybrspc!roy From: roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Out out junk file! (I need help). Message-ID: <Pw0k31w164w@cybrspc> Date: 27 May 91 04:49:12 GMT Article-I.D.: cybrspc.Pw0k31w164w References: <1991May26.192505.1186@husc3.harvard.edu> Organization: Villa CyberSpace, Minneapolis, MN Lines: 24