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From: danley@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Need help removing directory !
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Date: 17 Aug 88 05:24:00 GMT
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Nf-From: osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!danley    Aug 17 00:24:00 1988


> 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. .....

The error message was correct although not obvious.  The directory is
not empty.  You most likely have hidden files in /lisp.  DIR will not
show you hidden files.  I use a PD version of "ls" for DOS and the -a
option to list "all" files, including hidden files.  Once you know the
name of your hidden files and remove them, you will be able to rmdir.


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