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Cannot delete some files!
Name: zacharymansell Date: June 6, 2003 at 19:29:17 Pacific OS: Mac OS 10.2.6 CPU/Ram: 500 mhz/526 mbs.
Comment:
I put some files I don't need anymore into the trash to delete them (they are pretty big files) and they will not delete. Whenever I go into the trash, I see all of the files there, but with no icon anymore. Whenever I click on them, the dissapear immediately. Whenevr I am on a peer-to-peer program I can see people downloading those files from me... but whenever I search for them it appears they are not there! I find this to be quite a suspicious problem... can anyone help me out as to why they are still on my computer and how to delete them for good?
Name: the pickle Date: June 6, 2003 at 20:09:04 Pacific
Reply:
What happens when you try to empty the Trash?
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Response Number 2
Name: zacharymansell Date: June 7, 2003 at 22:53:24 Pacific
Reply:
when i empty the trash, the files stay there. in mac os 10.1 it said there was an error, but in jaguar it does not show an error. the files just stay there
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Response Number 3
Name: the pickle Date: June 8, 2003 at 11:13:32 Pacific
Reply:
Try one of the trash emptying utilities from macupdate.
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Response Number 4
Name: Allyg Date: June 14, 2003 at 06:24:45 Pacific
Reply:
try turning off the peer to peer program, then emptying the trash.
i've not used jaguar personally, but assume it's linux like. so if you can open a command shell and try to find the location of the trash can then delete the files from there.
usefull shell commands:
cd - change directory rm - remove a file use -r to recursivley remove a directory locate "file" - locate is a program usually distributed with linux but i'm pretty sure jaguar would have it or something similar.
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