Drop and Create , if act201.dat and act201.idx are missing

I have a database with a table act. If I mv act201.idx act201.idx.bak mv act201.dat act201.dat.bak then if I try to drop the table act, I get the error message -545 No write permission for table table name; if I then try to create a new table act, I get error message -310 cannot create table, it already exists. So my question, which is somewhat academic, is there a way that I can create a new table act using esql/c commands for SCO unix without doing a mv act201.dat.bak act201.dat mv act201.idx.bak act201.idx