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From: kpmiller@uokmax.uucp (Kent P Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Empty Folder Problem
Message-ID: <1990Aug30.002643.22740@uokmax.uucp>
Date: 30 Aug 90 00:26:43 GMT
References: <25542.26DA84DE@stjhmc.fidonet.org>
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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In article <25542.26DA84DE@stjhmc.fidonet.org> Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Gehlker) writes:
>> Does anyone know how to get rid of an empty folder that the system says
>> contains files that are locked or in use.  When in DiskTools, it also says
>the
>> file count on the folder is -2 (yes that is NEGITIVE 2 files).  How do I 
>just
>> get rid of this file, what might have caused this problem, and how do I 
>avoid
>> it in the future?
>>  
>> Thanks in advance.....Gary
>
>Aha, the "Folder from Hell" raises it's ugly head again.  This seems to be a
>particurlarly prevalent problem with system 6.0.3 though no one has kept 
>accurate
>statistics.  What you have is a corrupted B* tree. The easiest way to fix it
>is with Norton Utilities.  I don't know of anyone who's had this problem with
>6.0.5.

Score one for me!  Let me be the first to say I have a folder from hell
with system 6.0.5.

Kent Miller