Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!ncrlnk!ncrcce!c10sd3!c10sd1!johnson From: johnson@c10sd1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. T. Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Need help removing directory ! Keywords: RMDIR Message-ID: <477@c10sd1.StPaul.NCR.COM> Date: 16 Aug 88 17:28:58 GMT References: <1027@pc.ecn.purdue.edu> Reply-To: johnson@c10sd1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. T. Johnson) Organization: NCR Comten, St Paul Lines: 17 In article <1027@pc.ecn.purdue.edu> jmoore@pc.ecn.purdue.edu (James D Moore) writes: >First I removed all of the files in the directory and >then I tried "rmdir lisp" when in the root. When I did this it gave >me a message telling me that the file could not be found or that >the directory was not empty or that path was incorrect. >jmooew@cimlab.ecn.purdue.edu When I have had this problem before it was due to the fact that there was a hidden file on the directory. Hidden files will not be deleted by the normal del command. I suggest you get a hold of a file manager that can handle hidden files, or a copy of one of the chmod utilities and use this to peer into your lisp directory and then delete whats there. -- Wayne Johnson (Voice) 612-638-7665 NCR Comten, Inc. (E-MAIL) W.Johnson@StPaul.NCR.COM or Roseville MN 55113 johnson@c10sd1.StPaul.NCR.COM These opinions (or spelling) do not necessarily reflect those of NCR Comten.