Re: Undeletable files: how to eradIcate?

[see_sig_for_valid_email@no.spam (Simon Williams)]

Stephen Hartz <SHartz@columbus.rr.com> wrote:

> I am a lontime apple II gs user who uses Appleworks 5.1 almost exclusively.
> Over the years, (and again the other day) I find files on my hard drive that
> are undeletable with any known program ( Aw, Copy II +, Prosel, Bunkerware,
> ShrinkIt, GS Utilities, Repairworks, Finder, NoDos, Spectrum)  How can I get
> rid of these damaged files?  Anyone know of a remedy??
> Thanks!
> 
> Steve

This happened to me recently, here are some excerpts featuring sage
advice from Greg Buchner:

> > I seem to have acquired a badly named file on my HD - ".4.P" to be
> > precise. No idea where it came from, but it won't go away... GS/OS &
> > Prosel8 both generate a $0040 error when I try to
> > delete/move/rename/repair the file. Any suggestions as to how to get rid
> > of it??? 

> OK, it's been way too long, but I think there is a trick in ProSel's 
> Cat Doctor for getting rid of a file like that.
> 
> In Cat Doctor, Sort the directory that file is in, moving that file to
> the bottom of the directory.  When it's there, press Open-Apple Delete
> (or maybe it's just Delete or Control Delete or something like that.
> It's been too long to remember for certain.)  The file should go away.
> You'll probably want to verify the volume in Mr. Fixit(?) afterwards if
> that worked. 

>> For some reason that makes the filename disappear, but does not
>> actually remove the file... 

> Did you write out the directory?  That would be required.  Forgot to 
> mention that I guess.  The procedure was designed for problem files 
> exactly like you have. 

>> A-ha! Apparently if there is only one file in the directory OA-DELETE
>> doesn't work - just goes back to the CAT DOCTOR menu without giving
>> the option to rewrite the directory. I would never have figured that
>> out if I hadn't booted GS/OS and left the finder.data file behind. 

Hope that helps!
-simon

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