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| Title: | "ASK THE WIZARDS" | 
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| Moderator: | QUARK::LIONEL | 
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| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1995 | 
| Last Modified: | Mon May 12 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 1857 | 
| Total number of notes: | 3728 | 
1661.0. "Open: delete file/directory with following error" by STAR::JKEENAN () Thu Mar 13 1997 16:06
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Name: Leslie Stanfield
Email Address: [email protected]
CPU Architecture: VAX
Version: v 5.5-2
Questions: 
How can I delete a file/directory that has the following error:
system-w-badirectory, bad directory file format
I really need to free up some space!
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| 1661.1 | SET FILE/NODIRECTORY | XDELTA::HOFFMAN | Steve, OpenVMS Engineering | Fri Mar 14 1997 17:24 | 8 | 
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   $! Assuming this is a user directory...
   $ SET PROCES/PRIVILEGE=ALL
   $! Assure a good system backup is available before proceeding...
   $ SET FILE/NODIREC <directory name>
   $ ANALYZE/DISK/REPAIR <device name>
   $! look in <device name>:[SYSLOST] for "orphan" files
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