Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!percy!m2xenix!becca!root From: root@becca.rain.com (john meissen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Need help deleting a bogus file Message-ID: <195a2544.ARN1dea@becca.rain.com> Date: 25 Jun 91 05:29:40 GMT References: <35400001@col.hp.com> Reply-To: m2xenix!becca!john Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc Organization: Washington Valley Software Lines: 19 In article <35400001@col.hp.com>, Dave K. Martin writes: > Try QuarterBack Tools by Central Coast Software (now a part of the > New Horizons group). It has a feature to correct these disk problems. > It has worked for me a couple of times when the system crashed during a > file copy and left improperly closed files hanging around. > > This is not a paid endorsement... I am open to bribes however ;-) > I'm sure QuarterBack Tools is a good product, however this is real overkill. Just use wildcards, as in "history#?" or whatever is needed to specify just the file in question. A good check is to use "dir" until the pattern matching selects only the desired file, then change the "dir" to "delete". John Meissen | john@becca.rain.com | ..!{uunet,qiclab,intelhf,bucket}!m2xenix!becca!john -------------------------------------------------------------------- "It's only work if somebody makes you do it." - Calvin & Hobbes