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Authored by: enigmamf on Mar 16, '04 01:40:37PM

I suspect that the problem wasn't the size of the file, but that it was in use by a system process or something like that, although I can't see why that would be true of a log file.

I tried to delete the old directories left behind by AOL Instant Messenger, but every time I tried to erase the trash, I would get a kernal panic. To say the least, it was annoying. I slowly figured out which was causing the panic, pulled it out of the trash, left it on the desktop renamed as "Deleting this file will cause a kernal panic". Every now and then I woudl try again, and then I gave up until I upgraded to 10.3 (not to mention a few newer versions of AIM). I can delete it now. But it felt embarrasing (to say the least) that I, Master of my Domain Name, could not delete this wimpy little file.

I would have been a little wary of going to OS-9 to delete it -- what if I crash on startup without the file? But if I had thought of it I'm sure my curiosity would have overwhelmed my sense of fear eventually :)



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