From: kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 08:35:47 -0400
Message-Id: <9604261235.AA05778@quasar.bloomberg.com >
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <4lm5qe$70f@mark.ucdavis.edu> (elric@wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us)
Subject: Re: Remove bad directory
Reply-To: kagel AT dg1 DOT bloomberg DOT com

   From: elric AT wheel DOT dcn DOT davis DOT ca DOT us (Jeffrey Taylor)
   Date: 24 Apr 1996 21:18:06 GMT

   Try CHKDSK I had a corrupt directory that contained itself.  CHKDSK was 
   the only way could remove it.  Worth a shot.

   Bill Klein 
   (wklein AT acs DOT ryerson DOT ca) 
   wrote: : I have some directories whose corrupted names contain 
   : symbols like smiley fact, heart, spade or paragraph. Is there any way to delete these items
   : without reformating the disk? I have the DOS commands rename, erase, delete and
   : deltree with no success. Thanks, 

Also, if you have emacs, the emacs dired function can delete anything.  Just
run M-x dired, place the point on the lines containing the files/directories
you want to purge, type 'd' for each, then type 'x' to expunge the marked
files.

-- 
Art S. Kagel, kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com

A proverb is no proverb to you 'till life has illustrated it.  -- John Keats