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Topic: Problems deleting old directories on my website (Read 194 times)
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PrueM
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I am trying to delete the old directories on my rootschat website (http://www.skeleton-cupboard.rootschat.net) so I can load a whole lot of new ones on (I've redesigned the site).
I have uploaded the new files, but there is still a previous directory hanging on. It seems to be empty (apart from other directories/folders, which are also empty) but I can't delete it. This is the message I get when I try to delete the main directory, or any of the sub-directories: RMDir Report failed. please remove sub de vazut aici
Since uploading the new files I've been unable to view my site online, so I wondered whether the old directories were the problem?
Can anybody help me???
Thanks!
Prue
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I live in NSW, and am researching:
BALFOUR (Derry) – BIGG (Kent) – BONSALL (DBY, NTT, CHS) – BRISBANE (Fife) – DANKS (STS) – DOBSON (BRK) – FRANCIS (ESS) – GOODE (HAM) – HAYNES (Cork) – INGRAM (MDX, SOM) – LANGWORTHY (Jersey, DEV) – MCKAY (Fife, Aberdeen, Banff, Moray, Inverness) – MORRISH (LND) – NANCARROW (CON) – OGILVIE (Moray, LND) – STRATHDEE (Banff) – SWAN (Fife) – WOOD (LND)
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Zeb
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Sounds like there could be a hidden server file inside the folder which is why it can't be deleted. Either that or there's a "lock" still on the folder - I've had this myself sometimes and I've had to quit my FTP program to terminate the lock.
How are you uploading your website to the server?
I use WS_FTP Pro and in the configuration there is a flag I can use "-a" to display all of the files including the server files so it might be worth looking into to see if there is something similar?
I think I'm going to get me some rootschat web space so I know how the system works.
There is a hierarchy that the server uses when getting the index file of a website. That is, if one index file isn't found it looks for another and so on until it can find it:
1st: index.html
2nd: index.htm
3rd: index.php
There are more but these are the only ones I know.
lock: When programs are working on a file they will usually "lock" it to stop another program or user changing it - renaming it, deleting etc.
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« Last Edit: Wednesday 12 October 05 16:08 BST (UK) by Zeb »
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Derby: WOODCOCK (Donnington)
Devon: HARRIS (Plymouth)
Lancashire: DERRICK
Lincolnshire: CROPPER, WOODCOCK (Boston)
London: BARKER, DUGGIN, HARRIS, HINTON, HULBERT, WHITE
Wales: HARRIS, PRITCHARD (Pembrokeshire)
Warwickshire: DERRICK, WOODCOCK
Desperate for my Woodcocks from Birmingham!
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PrueM
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Thank you both for your assistance. It turns out that I had added an extra "step" to the directories for my new website, which was tripping up the browser.
Just out of interest, I'm using a program called "Rapid Weaver" for Macintosh. It comes with a bunch of page themes and templates - the themes are pretty limited, but OK, and the templates are great for a non HTML-enabled person such as myself! It also publishes to the net, and this is where I got tripped up - by default, it creates a "home" folder on the hosting site, and it was this that was "hiding" the files from the browser.
Thanks again!
Prue
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Paper and Photograph Conservator
I live in NSW, and am researching:
BALFOUR (Derry) – BIGG (Kent) – BONSALL (DBY, NTT, CHS) – BRISBANE (Fife) – DANKS (STS) – DOBSON (BRK) – FRANCIS (ESS) – GOODE (HAM) – HAYNES (Cork) – INGRAM (MDX, SOM) – LANGWORTHY (Jersey, DEV) – MCKAY (Fife, Aberdeen, Banff, Moray, Inverness) – MORRISH (LND) – NANCARROW (CON) – OGILVIE (Moray, LND) – STRATHDEE (Banff) – SWAN (Fife) – WOOD (LND)
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