I don't understand the question. This utility should be able to delete a file / directory which has special name in it, eg: "prn", or contains invisible hex characters.
On 5/7/06, Jose Medeiros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Irwin, Does this utilty do a block level based replication or is it only file level? Jose ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irwan Hadi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Robocopy(OT) You can try to run dir /x and see the short name of that directory, or you can also try to use this product Delete FXP Files from http://www.jrtwine.com/Products/DelFXPFiles/index.htm On 4/30/06, Tom Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, I've rebooted the server,ran a chkdsk, and still the dir will not > disappear. > > I've run Process Explorer and Filemon and nothing is acessing this dir. > > Yet I can delete it and its missing the security tab(its on an ntfs vol). > > How the heck can I get rid of this dir? > > Has anyone had an issue like this? > > Thanks again > > > > 4/6/06, Bruyere, Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I got something similar but with a PDF file. The solution > > was > to reboot the server… > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Tom Kern > > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 9:18 AM > > > > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > > > > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Robocopy(OT) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No one has this folder open. > > > > > > I've run Process Explorer and Filemon and nothing is accessing this > folder. > > > > > > > > > > > > I can't delete it or share it out and its missing the security tab. > > > > > > > > > > > > anything else I should look for? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > On 4/5/06, Mark Parris < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have seen this if another PC has explorer open on that folder and you > try and delete from another. > > > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Steve Rochford" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 16:37:03 > > To:< ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org> > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Robocopy(OT) > > > > This seems to happen when the folder is in the process of being deleted > but hasn't quite gone. Sometimes, just waiting a while will clear the > problem - I suspect that a process is holding open the folder (or, > possibly, > a file in the folder). More than once I've hit this and gone to use > Sysinternals process explorer to find out which process is guilty. By the > time I've run up the program and searched for the folder name there's > nothing there. going back to the folder finds that it's either gone or can > now be deleted. > > > > In your case, I'd guess that robocopy had started creating folders and > when it got interrupted, something took a while for things to get tidied > up > - if the helpdesk guy hasn't yet unmapped the drives he was using then I > think that this might help. > > > > Steve > > > > > > ---------------- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Tom Kern > > Sent: 05 April 2006 15:45 > > To: activedirectory > > Subject: [ActiveDir] Robocopy(OT) > > > > > > > > I have a strange issue. > > I had a help desk admin robocopy a dir from one server to another. > > During the copy, for whatever reason, he canceled the robocopy job. > > When he went to the target server a empty dir was created which now > > cannot > be deleted. > > I can't delete it through explorer or the command console at the server > and get an error of "cannot delete file:cannot read from the source file > or > disk". > > > > If i do a RD /s, i get "The system cannot find the file specified." > > > > However the dir shows up in a dir listing or explorer. > > The weird thing is also, the dir has no "security" tab(and its on an > > ntfs > file system). > > > > Some backround on the robocopy job- > > the admin mapped 2 drives from his local box(win2k). > > One drive to the root of the volume on the source server and another to > the root on the target. > > he then CD'ed to the source and ran robocopy with the "/E" and "/V" > switches. > > after sometime, he killed the job and now I'm stuck with this > > undeletable > DIR. > > > > Any insight would be great. > > thanks > > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
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