Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaero!pesnta!amdcad!decwrl!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Stubborn VMS directory file Message-ID: <4485@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 08:45:57 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.4485 Posted: Thu Jan 31 08:45:57 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Feb-85 21:48:45 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 26 From: GKN%OAK.SAINET.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA Pat: You can get rid of the directory file if you convince VMS that it isn't a directory file thusly: $ Set File /NoDirectory $ Delete You then need to do an $ Analyze/Disk/Repair/Confirm (with BYPASS turned on) to recover the lost files which used to be in the directory. Come to think of it, $ Analyze/Disk/Repair might just fix it up anyway. Hope this helps... gkn ------------------------------------------ Arpa: GKN%OAK.SAInet@LLL-MFE USPS: Gerard K. Newman Science Applications International 800 Oak Ridge Turnpike Oak Ridge, TN 37830 AT&T: (615) 482-9031