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From: mvolo@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Can't create subdirectory
Summary: no name works
Keywords: subdirectory
Message-ID: <6131@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
Date: 24 Dec 88 12:42:38 GMT
References: <26250@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
Lines: 18

In article <26250@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>, 0rrodrig@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Russ Rodriguez) writes:
> Mr. mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP Writes:
> 
> >... Now we find that we cannot create another subdirectory
> >(message 'cannot create directory').  Someone else who uses this
> >machine has a total of 31 subdirectories in the root and has also
> >156 files in the root directory!!!(I would never do this)...  
> 
> Check very carefully to see if a FILE (yes, I said FILE) exists in this
> directory by the same name as the directory you are trying to create.  It

We tried this.  No subdirectory name works.  We plan to clear a bunch
of files out of the root and try again.  If this doesn't work, backup
everything and reformat with the desired DOS.



M Volow, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705     mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP