Re: Undeletable files: how to eradIcate?

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Simon Williams <see_sig_for_valid_email@no.spam> wrote:
>> 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. 

One addendum: you will *need* to run Mr. Fixit (or the ProSel-16 equivalent)
afterward.  The Cat Doctor trick just removes the directory entry.  You
have to use Mr. Fixit to free up any orphaned disk space.

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