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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)
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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.

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