Article ID: 103168
Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.1a
- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q103168
SYMPTOMS
Files with reserved device names (LPTx, COMx, PRN, etc.) exist on your LAN Manager disk volumes. They cause problems when you are setting access privileges or creating backups, but you cannot get rid of them using File Manager and/or standard commands such as DEL.
CAUSE
These filenames usually are created when an application opens a file instead of a device.
RESOLUTION
You can't remove these files using OS/2, but you can delete them using an MS-DOS workstation and the QBASIC interpreter from MS-DOS 5.0 or later.
Command sequence:
net use z: \\<server>\<share> ; Share the appropriate
location
z: ; Select default drive
cd <path> ; Select appropriate location
qbasic ; Start QBASIC from MS-DOS
enter : kill "z:<file>" ; Enter this line in the
interpreter
select : shift + f5 ; Start execution of the code
This deletes <file> from the shared location.
Repeat this command for each file with a reserved name.
Additional query words: prn, lpt, com, dev 2.00 2.10 2.10a 2.20 2.2 2.1 2.1a
Keywords: KB103168
