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Please help! Recursive directory structure!

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From: David H. Millman
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 00:00
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<I have already checked for viruses>

Here's me problem, stated as briefly as possible:

I have a directory with no name in the root of C:
When I boot up, this directory is current.
There are no files in this directory when I type dir.
   -there is no autoexec.bat in this directory
my prompt tells me (after prompt $p$g) that I am in the root,
but a directory listing shows 2 items:  .   <dir>
                                        ..  <dir>
If I cd ..  I get to the real root, in which I find my autoexec.bat etc...

XTreePro Gold shows a normal directory structure containing an
abnormal directory with a blank name which contains only a copy
of the directory structure in the root, but no files in any of
the directories, and nothing in the copy of itself.

c:\
|_____                 | these two have blank names
|     |-----           |
|     |-----batch
|     |-----1
|     |-----2
|     |-----3
|
|-----batch
|-----1
|-----2
|-----3


My virus checker got to that directory and recursively
checked the entire disk 4 or 5 times before I hit Esc.


It's running Novell DOS and Stacker.

If you have any idea(s) PLEASE drop me a note!

I have absolutely no idea what caused it, and experienced
no symptoms until one day I booted it up and it was like this.

Thanks for reading this..


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David Millman
dhmillma@ccs.carleton.ca
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From: dhmillma@dag.carleton.ca (David H. Millman)
Subject: Please help!  Recursive directory structure!
Date: 1995/07/26
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