Re: Getting rid of invalid filename

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Simon Williams wrote:

>Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com> 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.
>> > <snip>
>> > 
>> > 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. 
>
>Did I mention that I LOVE Prosel?
>
>Well, I'm glad I didn't have to do anything too drastic (unless you
>count the hour and a half I spent archiving all my files in sheer
>terror). Thanks much for the help...

Glad it worked for you--I love ProSel, too!

But you should run Mr. Fixit as soon as possible on that volume,
since whatever changed that file name could change _anything_,
and that could make the volume inconsistent.

-michael

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