[X Newbies] Can't Trash .dmg File

David Boag spikedds at bellsouth.net
Sat Feb 1 19:00:16 PST 2003


That did the trick. Thanks a lot!

BTW, just out of curiosity, since I am not familiar with UNIX, can you 
tell me what the command "sudo rm -i" stands for?

On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 10:47  AM, Bill White wrote:

> David,
>
>> Anyone know how I can get this off of my desktop?
>
> Open the Terminal. Type:
>
> sudo rm -i
>
> Then drag the file into the Terminal window. The line should look like:
>
> sudo rm -i ~/Desktop/StubbonFileName
>
> Hit Return. That should do it.
>
> If you can't drag the file into the window, simply type the second 
> Terminal
> command, substituting StubornFileName for the name of the file.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Bill
>
>
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David R. Boag, DDS
spikedds at bellsouth.net



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