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From: Matthew Lybanon on 17 May 2010 10:01 In article <49794522-e908-45a4-ad1c-4d60286837c0(a)s41g2000vba.googlegroups.com>, Russell <acaliforniahippie(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 10.5.8 there is a file in my trash that has remained after several > secure empty attempts. any tricks to make it go away? Do you receive some type of message about this file when you try to empty the trash, or does it just not go away? Sometimes you may get a message that says (something like) "File **!@#$%^&** cannot be deleted because it is in use." Apparently, some process associated with whatever was using that file is still running. Rebooting usually takes care of this problem.
From: JF Mezei on 17 May 2010 11:34 I am not sure how the "Trash" is really implemented om OSX. I think there is a .Trashes folder for every disk (or is it for every folder ?) What you could do is move the file to your home directory. Then start the terminal and enter: ls -a -> this lists all files including the hidden ones. rm -v <filename> if you want a "secure" delete: rm -v -P <filename>
From: David Empson on 17 May 2010 20:07
JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > I am not sure how the "Trash" is really implemented om OSX. I think > there is a .Trashes folder for every disk (or is it for every folder ?) There is a .Trash folder in your home folder, which is used when you move files to trash on your startup volume. Other volumes have a ..Trashes folder in the top level directory, and inside that is a folder named for the user ID number (501, 502, etc.) > What you could do is move the file to your home directory. > > Then start the terminal and enter: > > ls -a -> this lists all files including the hidden ones. > rm -v <filename> > > if you want a "secure" delete: > > rm -v -P <filename> -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz |