Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!tukki.jyu.fi!jyu.fi!otto From: otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Problem with del... Message-ID: Date: 14 Dec 90 15:57:10 GMT References: <4043@uniol.UUCP> Sender: news@tukki.jyu.fi (News articles) Organization: Turing Police, Criminal AI section Lines: 22 In-Reply-To: Kai.Buerhoop@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de's message of 14 Dec 90 11:26:38 GMT In article <4043@uniol.UUCP> Kai.Buerhoop@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Kai Buerhoop) writes: I got a problem with the 'del'-command. I've got a certain file, which I can normally list with 'dir', but which, if I want to rename it, copy it or delete it cannot be modified. DOS says: "Cannot find file" First, run CHKDSK on the disk. All OK ? Certain messed-up directories could cause this. First I thought of having the READ-ONLY bit set (in which case you could do ATTRIB -R FILENAME.EXT), but a read-only file can be renamed or copied. Perhaps some other weird combination of status bits could cause this ? Also, have you added device drivers into your system ? If the name of the file is the same as an installable device driver, DOS will attempt to call the device driver when you try to access the file. This, however, normally produces an "Access denied" message, not "Cannot find file". -- /* * * Otto J. Makela * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ /* Phone: +358 41 613 847, BBS: +358 41 211 562 (CCITT, Bell 24/12/300) */ /* Mail: Kauppakatu 1 B 18, SF-40100 Jyvaskyla, Finland, EUROPE */ /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */