Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 23:36:52 -0700 From: Graham North <graham.north@telus.net> To: Graham North <graham.north@telus.net> Cc: questions freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports backup corrupted windows - addendum Message-ID: <42805684.2040103@telus.net> In-Reply-To: <42804AD6.8070807@telus.net> References: <42804AD6.8070807@telus.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Discovered that ports Japanese has a port called "prn" - this is a "privileged" name in Windows - of course when I tried to blow away the whole ports backup it choked up and left a 97MB file hanging. I will try to find out how to deal with privileged file deletion in Windows via other forums (using command prompt "del" doesn't work). Cheers, Graham/ Graham North wrote: > Okay, I know it sounds daft and I hope that it is not too far out > there.... > Some time ago when loading a new FreeBSD, I decided to back up the > ports collection onto my Windows XP hardrive. > > Today, I decided to blow it away - but it won't go! It moved from C: > drive to the recycle bin, and most got emptied out however some > (97.2MB) is "sticking". No matter that I try to "empty recycle bin" > it gives me a message "cannot remove folder prn: The parameter is > incorrect. > Everyting else in the bin was emptied but now the recycle bin seems > broken when I try to delete other files - it is really weird. Could > some set of Unix file permissions have thrown the Windows box for a loop? > Any ideas will be appreciated. > Thanks, Graham/ > [-- Attachment #2 --] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005help
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