Errors deleting subfolders

[Russ H]

Using Vice Versa Pro v2009
Profile method of execution is Backup (mirror source to target)
Source is locked

Some files and directories on the source have been archived to CD and removed entirely from the source. Vice Versa has removed the same files from the corresponding directories on the target but is unable to remove the directories on the target as the folders are nested and therefore, not empty. Here is a snip from the log:

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2007-09-11 22:30:04 : Profile Started.
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : ************************************************************
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : Command Line: "C:\Program Files\ViceVersa Pro 2\ViceVersa.exe" "c:\documents and settings\administrator\my documents\viceversa pro 2\servers synch.fsf" /dialogautoexec
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : System: Windows Server 2003, (Standard Edition), (Terminal Services), (Terminal Services in Remote Admin Mode), (Multiprocessor Free), (x86-32 Processor) v5.2 Build:3790 Service Pack:2
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : User: Task
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : Computer: MAIN_SERVER
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Profile: c:\documents and settings\administrator\my documents\viceversa pro 2\servers synch.fsf
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** - Folders -
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Sources: (Locked)
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** "E:\" <to> "F:\VV Synch\Win2003 Data\" (Include Subfolders)
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** "\\Gt_server\DATA\" <to> "F:\VV Synch\Win2000 Data\" (Include Subfolders)
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Continue even if some source/target folders are inaccessible
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Create sources/targets that do not exist
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Exclude files: "pagefile.*"
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Exclude hidden files
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Exclude system files
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Exclude subfolders: "E:\System Volume Information\"
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Exclude hidden subfolders
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Exclude system subfolders
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** - Comparison Settings -
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Comparison Type: Size and Timestamp
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Ignore 2 seconds difference
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Ignore 1 hour difference
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** - Execution Settings -
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Method: Backup (Mirror Source to Target)
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** No overwrite / read-only / error confirmations
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Log File: "F:\VV Synch\VV Logs\Servers Synch.log" (max 1000 KB) (empty log file each run)
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** No archive for deleted/replaced source files
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** No archive for deleted/replaced target files
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Copy files even if timestamp changes after initial comparison
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : **** Try to copy files that are in use by other applications
2007-09-11 22:30:04 : Checking source E:\ ...
2007-09-11 22:30:17 : Checking target F:\VV Synch\Win2003 Data\ ...
2007-09-11 22:30:24 : Comparing ...
2007-09-11 22:30:27 : Comparing done.
2007-09-11 22:30:27 : Checking source \\Gt_server\DATA\ ...
2007-09-11 22:30:34 : Checking target F:\VV Synch\Win2000 Data\ ...
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : Comparing ...
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : Comparing done.
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Status Summary -
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Total Files - Source: 85,530 (68.84GB) - Target: 83,883 (68.28GB)
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Excluded Files - Source: 1,709 (463.07MB) - Target: 247 (15.71MB)
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Matched Files - Source: 83,531 (68.22GB) - Target: 83,531 (68.22GB)
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Single Files - Source: 194 (122.02MB) - Target: 9 (1.25MB)
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Newer Files - Source: 72 (39.22MB) - Target: 24 (5.75MB)
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Older Files - Source: 24 (8.93MB) - Target: 72 (38.39MB)
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Total Subfolders - Source: 10,810 - Target: 10,931
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Excluded Subfolders - Source: 6 - Target: 2
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Matched Subfolders - Source: 10,792 - Target: 10,792
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Single Subfolders - Source: 12 - Target: 137
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - To Do - Backup (Mirror Source to Target)
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Files to Add - Source: 0 (0) - Target: 194 (122.02MB)
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Files to Update - Source: 0 (0) - Target: 72 (39.22MB)
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Files to Delete - Source: 0 (0) - Target: 9 (1.25MB)
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Subfolders to Add - Source: 0 - Target: 12
2007-09-11 22:30:35 : - Subfolders to Delete - Source: 0 - Target: 137

<<<end snip one>>>

Note the last line where 137 folders are to be deleted from the target. Here is one more snip from the log...

<<<begin snip two>>>
2007-09-11 22:30:36 : Deleting folder F:\VV Synch\Win2003 Data\_Projects\2005\05999_RAI FILES\Standard Office Forms\ [Can not delete folder "F:\VV Synch\Win2003 Data\_Projects\2005\05999_RAI FILES\Standard Office Forms\". The directory is not empty.] [ERROR].
<<<end snip two>>>

And this error is present 136 more times for the various directories.

Should I manually remove the empty directories from the target... or is there a setting I am missing in Vice Versa? Or will the problem eventually disappear as the last folders in the chain will be removed in iterations of the task?

Thanks in advance.

[TGRMN Software]

Hello
are there excluded files in the target that cause the subfolders to be not empty? Note that ViceVersa does not 'touch' excluded files (does not delete them), so the folders may be not empty. thanks
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