[X Newbies] File that wont trash or be moved

David Boag spikedds at bellsouth.net
Wed Jul 9 07:13:45 PDT 2003


Had the same problem before. I was given the solution below, and it 
worked great. Don't be afraid of opening the terminal window for this. 
Just make sure you type it right.

HTH

Begin forwarded message:

> 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
>
--
David R. Boag, DDS
spikedds at bellsouth.net



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