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

[Jim Nagel]

Brian Jordan  wrote on 23 Jul:
> ... I can't delete sub drectories in HostFS mounts from RISC OS.

Same thing frustrates me sometimes too, when connecting to a Windows 
drive via LAN from a separate Acorn machine (which I guess is similar 
enough to connecting to the Windows side from Virtual Acorn running 
within Windows).  I thought I *had* specified full read-write 
privileges when I told Windows to share a particular directory, but 
now it won't let me delete a subdirectory from the Acorn side.  Or at 
least *today* it won't; I could have sworn it let me do it last week.

My workaround:  Rename the directory.  Which you *can* do from the 
Acorn side.  I usually prefix the name with a couple of tildes:  
~~Holidaypix   or change it to DELETETHISDIR.
   Then, later at leisure, go to Windows and delete properly.

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