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From: roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Out out junk file! (I need help).
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Date: 27 May 91 04:49:12 GMT
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hayward@husc3.harvard.edu writes:

> Well hey my buddy has a small problem. Which is that he has an invisible
> (hidden) file which is junk and is takeing up hard disk space and he can't
> remove the bugger.

I can think of 2 ways...

1.  Use 'ATTRIB -H FILENAME' to clear the hidden bit, and delete
    normally.

2.  Use LIST.COM, and delete the file from the file-selection menu.  (in
case you hadn't noticed, LIST shows all the files in a directory, and
will cheerfully delete them, hidden or not. it won't delete a read-only
file, though)

Of course, if the file _is_ read-only, use 'ATTRIB -R FILENAME' to clear
the read-only bit.


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