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Article #45799Re: How to delete file with empty data and resource forks
From: Piper Keairnes
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 01:43
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 01:43
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<11887@thorin.cs.unc.edu> markham@rho.cs.unc.edu (Andrew Markham) writes: [ stuff deleted] >I used HexDump to view the contents of the file and got: >"Data Fork: > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 > Resource Fork: > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" > >Any ideas???? >Or better yet, any suggestions???? I thought this should be posted as well as sent to Andrew... One program that I have found particularly useful is SUM Tools from the SUM II package. You can display a file map and a volume map in SUM Tools. On each map you can click down on a sector from the disk and hold the mouse down until a pop-up menu arrives. From this menu you can de-allocate your problem sectors one by one. I have only found this useful when all other possibilities have been exhausted because if the file is of any respectable size, you'll be de-allocating sectors for a while. Since it sounds like you have a pretty empty file, you may have a short session. Be sure to rebuild the desktop after you de-allocate the sectors from the problem-file. (You may even want to try this before trying SUM Tools). BTW, if you don't have SUM II you should consider buying it. It is a fabulous product... --Piper Keairnes ar4@mace.cc.purdue.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!iuvax!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!ar4 From: ar4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: How to delete file with empty data and resource forks Keywords: FEdit, Disk First Aid, Excel, HexDump Message-ID: <4074@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 8 Feb 90 01:43:56 GMT References: <11887@thorin.cs.unc.edu> Reply-To: ar4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) Organization: Purdue University Lines: 33