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Article #11Re: A folder from hell
From: Alan Weiss
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 01:31
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 01:31
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In article <BwuCKu.8C5@unccsun.uncc.edu>, msmcknig@unccsun.uncc.edu (Michael S McKnight) writes: > We have a folder that has 3 files in it that are not in use or locked. When > we try to throw this folder away and empty the trash, we get the message > "Cannot empty trash, file is in use." When we tried Norton, he says that the > file is invalid. MacTools says the file doesn't exist, but it still shows > up in the MacTools file list. I always use StuffIt to delete unwanted hellish objects. I make an archive, stuff (with the "delete after stuffing" option on, of course!), then trash the archive. Hasn't failed yet, but then again I haven't had such a hellish experience as you, either.... Alan Weiss apdoo@research.att.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!att!allegra!alice!apdoo From: apdoo@alice.att.com (Alan Weiss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: A folder from hell Summary: Use StuffIt to delete hellish folders Message-ID: <24034@alice.att.com> Date: 29 Oct 92 01:31:14 GMT Article-I.D.: alice.24034 References: <BwuCKu.8C5@unccsun.uncc.edu> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ Lines: 14