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From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TOS bugs. Disk related.
Message-ID: <1426@atari.UUCP>
Date: 3 Apr 89 23:26:12 GMT
References: <763@stag.UUCP>
Reply-To: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
Organization: Atari (US) Corporation, Sunnyvale, California
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In article <763@stag.UUCP> to_stdnet@stag.UUCP writes:
> From: omni!emh@stag.UUCP (Eric Hopper)
> Organization: Omnifarious software.
> 
> 	When using a shell program on the ST, I can't seem to delete a
> directory without going into it first. Before I go into the directory, it
> gives me a "directory not empty" message. I know the directory is empty
> though, because when I do go into it, and then back out, I can delete it
> just fine.

Yes, this is a GEMDOS bug.  In fact, if you try to delete the
subdirectory twice, the second time will work, even if you don't "go
into" the subdir.  It's fixed completely in TOS 1.4.  In fact, lots of
trouble can happen if you get a disk error or even disk full during a
mkdir operation; now those things are not harmful (or at least much less
harmful). 

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Opinions expressed above do not necessarily	-- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else.	  ...ames!atari!apratt