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From: simon@alberta.uucp (Simon Tortike)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Undeletable folder or the folder from hell.
Message-ID: <1990Jun8.213853.2239@cs.UAlberta.CA>
Date: 8 Jun 90 21:38:53 GMT
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Reply-To: simon@alberta.UUCP (Simon Tortike)
Organization: Petroleum Engg, U of Alberta
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This topic was discussed several months ago but unfortunately I did not
follow it closely at the time.  I have one of these undeletable folders:
the 'file is busy or the folder is not empty' is the response every time
I try to trash it.  DiskTop claims the folder contains -3 files, while the
Finder, which presumably can't count less that 0, states that there are
zero items inside.  I tried putting 3 junk files inside the folder, in a
vain attempt to fool the system gods, but was still unable to delete the
folder.  I would reformat the disk, but it is my 80 Mbyte internal.

Could the person who had these problems before please post the solution?
Thanks,
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W. Simon Tortike,                         | tel    : 403/492-3338
Dept of Mining, Metallurgical             | fax    : 403/492-7219
      and Petroleum Engineering,          | CA*net : simon@cs.UAlberta.CA
University of Alberta,                    | uucp   : simon@alberta.uucp
Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6.             |