On Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:48:41 -0400, "Bill DeWitt"
<bde### [at] cflrrcom> wrote:

>    I posted a notice of a problem some days ago that was about some error
>messages I got trying to rewrite some files (subject : Failed to delete old
>backup file: Access denied, date : 9/7/01). Turns out that these were files
>that I restored manually from a CD and were "Read only" files. Adjusting the
>properties of the files fixed the problem.

All files Windows copies from a CD are marked as read-only. It's a
Windows thing, as annoying as Linux treating almost all files from a
shared Windows drive as executables. I've lost a lot of hair when I
tried to recover ICQ and OE data from backup, as they kept coming up
with stupid error messages (Can't create default profile, Insufficient
disk space etc.) attrib -r /s c:\ fixed it :)

It's a lesson one has to learn the hard way. It won't happen again.


Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
Personal e-mail : pet### [at] vipbg
TAG      e-mail : pet### [at] tagpovrayorg

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