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From: bear@bu-pub.bu.edu (Blair M. Burtan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Phantom of the Operating System
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Date: 12 Dec 89 01:38:16 GMT
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This may be a previously discovered/cured problem, but I need
the help and don't have access to very old news.  So, here goes:
I'm using ARP 1.3 :-) and somehow, I managed to create a file
on my harddrive called *.  Major oops.  You can't say "delete *"
because ARP kicks in an deletes the entire directory.  You can't
say "delete * ask" because even though * comes up as a choice, it
doesn't get deleted.  And when I used Quarterback to back up the
drive, I eliminated * from the list but when I restored the drive,
* had returned to haunt me.  Anyone else have this problem?
Anyone have a solution?