Removing Blank Directory

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Claude

Our FTP site got hacked and a directory tree was created (they put a movie
on it for others to pick up)...the starting folder has no name, it is blank
and will not let me delete it after I stopped the FTP server.

I get the following message: Cannot Delete File: Cannot read from file or
disk.

I tried deleting it from a DOS command and it wouldn't work.

The partition is NTFS on W2K SP3 fully patched.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Claude
 
Hi, Claude.

Can't you get the folder's 8.3 filename using the dir /x command in a "DOS"
window?

The topic comes up about a dozen times a week here and that USUALLY works.

RC
 
Hi RC,

Thanks a bunch, it worked just as USUALLY does!

I am surprised that this type of "situation" is posted so often this
newsgroup as I did a search on it prior to posting my own...anyway, it is
solved!

Thank you very much,
Claude
 

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