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

[Mark Gibson]

At 01:53 -0400 25/4/05, ~flipper wrote:
>PoolMouse wrote:
>
>>>
>>>Tried and failed:
>>>
>>>>Last login: Mon Apr 25 14:47:43 on ttyp3
>>>>Welcome to Darwin!
>>>>Home-Server:~ gibsonm$ chflags -R nouchg /Volumes/Leviathan/.Trash/*
>>>>chflags: /Volumes/Leviathan/.Trash/*: No such file or directory
>>>>Home-Server:~ gibsonm$ chflags -R nouchg ~/.Trash/*
>>>>chflags: /Users/gibsonm/.Trash/*: No such file or directory
>>>>Home-Server:~ gibsonm$
>>
>>can you run an ls -l of the directory you're trying to flush?
>>
>>thanks,
>>don
>
>why all the chflags stuff????
>
>Just open the terminal. type sudo rm -r  (type <space> after the -r).
>
>drag and drop the files/folders to the terminal window, let em go, 
>and hit return
>
>type the password, when requested, hit return. Done.
>
>this isn't rocket science.
>
>Brian S

Brian,

It may not be rocket science but it doesn't work:

>From: Home-Server
>Date: Monday, 25 April 2005, 15:57
>
> L a s t   l o g i n :   M o n   A p r   2 5   1 5 : 1 5 : 4 1  
> o n   t t y p 1 
> W e l c o m e   t o   D a r w i n ! 
> H o m e - S e r v e r : ~   g i b s o n m $   s u d o   r m   - r  
> / V o l u m e s / L e v i a t h a n / . T r a s h e s / 5 0 1 / A l f r e d \  
> H i t c h c o c k   
> o v e r r i d e   r w x r w x r w x     r o o t / w h e e l  
> s c h g   f o r  
> / V o l u m e s / L e v i a t h a n / . T r a s h e s / 5 0 1 / A l f r e d  
> H i t c h c o c k / . T r a s h e s / 5 0 1 / M a c i n t o s h  
> H D /$ $ $ $  H F S +   P r i v a t e   D a t a ?   
 
No request for a password. I took a punt and typed "yes" and received 
the following:

> y e s 
> r m :  
> / V o l u m e s / L e v i a t h a n / . T r a s h e s / 5 0 1 / A l f r e d  
> H i t c h c o c k / . T r a s h e s / 5 0 1 / M a c i n t o s h  
> H D /$ $ $ $  H F S +   P r i v a t e  
> D a t a / i N o d e 1 9 1 7 4 6 2 6 1 :   O p e r a t i o n  
> n o t   p e r m i t t e d 
> r m :  
> / V o l u m e s / L e v i a t h a n / . T r a s h e s / 5 0 1 / A l f r e d  
> H i t c h c o c k / . T r a s h e s / 5 0 1 / M a c i n t o s h  
> H D /$ $ $ $  H F S +   P r i v a t e  
> D a t a / i N o d e 2 1 2 2 5 8 2 5 4 :   O p e r a t i o n  
> n o t   p e r m i t t e d 
> r m :  
> / V o l u m e s / L e v i a t h a n / . T r a s h e s / 5 0 1 / A l f r e d  
> H i t c h c o c k / . T r a s h e s / 5 0 1 / M a c i n t o s h  
> H D /$ $ $ $  H F S +   P r i v a t e  
> D a t a / i N o d e 3 0 7 8 2 4 7 3 7 :   O p e r a t i o n  
> n o t   p e r m i t t e d 
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Regards,

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