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to: STEVE AMBROSINI
from: JACK PFISTERER
date: 1998-04-18 12:46:00
subject: UNREMOVABLE DIR`S

SA>  PH> Hello All!
SA>  PH> I have 2 directories that I cannot delete off my hard drive.
  >  PH> They are both completely empty and have no reference to them in
  >  PH> my config.sys. The one on the FAT partition returns an "Access
  >  PH> Denied!" error and the other one on the HPFS partition jsut
  >  PH> says "Cannot remove directory."
SA> Have you considered that they may have hidden files in them?  Not
  > sure how to do it in OS2, but under DOS, you can use
  > "ATTRIB -r -a -s -h *.* "and then call for a directory.
In OS/2, the command  ATTRIB [directory path/name]  will list the complete
contents of the directory with the attributes shown for each file in it.
Jack P.
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