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From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
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Subject: Re: Odd 'rm' behaviour (WinXP)
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> From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 00:07:09 +0100
> 
> If I delete a file using del, the file is deleted (duh).
> But if I delete a file using 'rm', a hidden 'deleted' directory
> is created, along with 'deleted.001' (== the deleted file) and
> 'index' (== links files to original names) files.
> This of course makes rm nearly useless.
> 
> This happens on both NTFS and FAT32 drives under WinXP, with rm
> from clio.
> I have Norton SystemWorks 2002 installed, but Norton Protection
> is disabled for all drives, so that should not be an issue.

Nevertheless, it must be some delete-protection feature.  `rm' itself
doesn't do anything like that.