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From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
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Subject: Re: Odd 'rm' behaviour (WinXP)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:26:21 +0100
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> I wonder if del uses a different method of deleting the file 
> than rm does.
> E.g.: del uses a Win32 delete function, whereas rm uses a DOS delete
> function. Perhaps Norton still protects the DOS delete function, when
> you've turned off protection for all drives? Could this be a 
> bug in Norton SystemWorks?

Maybe.  But it would be VERY strange; the Unerase Protection wizard is
stopped (and I assume that's the Norton Protection backbone).
Plus, Norton Protection places 'protected' files in a
\Recycle[dr]\NPROTECT\nprotect.log file, so the behaviour I get is
pretty
weird.

> Perhaps you could try using a delete utility from an older 
> version of DOS, to see if it exhibits the same behaviour?

Will try - but 'del' is a shell builtin I think, so I'm not sure that'll
work.  I'll see if 4dos runs under XP, and try its 'del' if it does.


> What happens with directories and rmdir (Windows & Fileutils 
> versions)?
They work as expected.  Only files seem to get 'protected'.