[X-Unix] Using the CLI to delete "pesky" files/folders

Mark Gibson gibsonm at bigpond.net.au
Sun Apr 24 22:19:22 PDT 2005


At 01:12 -0400 25/4/05, PoolMouse wrote:
>Mark Gibson <gibsonm at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
>>But the last three commands haven't removed them.
>>
>>The two folders in question are "HD 20Gb" (which
>>I understand is HD_20Gb in UNIX) and "Alfred
>>Hitchcock" (again Alfred_Hitchcock" in UNIX).
>
>chflags -R nouchg ~/.Trash/*
>rm -rf *
>
>don
>
>don montalvo, nyc

Don,

So this will work on all volumes or just the boot one?

Should I type:

chflags -R nouchg /Volumes/Leviathan/.Trash/*

Since that is where the folders reside?
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