[Virtualacorn-list] Unable to delete sub directories in HostFS mount

[David J. Ruck]

On 23/07/2015 12:06, Brian Jordan wrote:
> I had a mount full of directories containing a website mirror on this
> machine. After archiving it to an external drive I tried to clear out the
> mount but found that I couldn't delete the original directories nor the
> files in them using Select all -> Delete from RISC OS. I opened the
> directories individually and easily deleted all the files so that I
> eventually had a mount full of empty directories and sub directories but
> even then I couldn't delete them using RISC OS. Is this normal behaviour
> or, is it something that the new Windows 8 compatible VA addresses? I was
> able to go to the mount from file explorer under windows and easily
> delete the directories so am a little confused.
>
It could be a number of things. One of the most common that I've found 
is that the directories are not actually empty, but contain Windows 
hidden files which can't be seen from HostFS, and are still open. For 
example Windows will store thumbnails of any image files seen by the 
filer in a hidden file. In this case VRPC just appears not to delete the 
directory, as the warning you get when doing it from the Windows filer 
isn't passed up.

Cheers
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David J. Ruck
email: druck at druck.org.uk
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