[G4] How do you delete Previous Systems folder

[Snoke Jay S NPRI]

now now now, wayne...  no chiding allowed! ;o)  lots of people on this list aren't familiar with chmod and what it does.  they provided an answer based on their level of experience - and what they said actually works.  

I'd rm -r the directory. ;o)  then, it's automatically trashed and emptied...  but then again, using rm isn't for the faint of heart...

Jay

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> From: 	Wilkin, Wayne (Mass)
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> Sent: 	Monday, March 24, 2003 1:17 PM
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> Subject: 	Re: [G4] How do you delete Previous Systems folder
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> Boot into 9. Boy are you guys old school. Your going to boot into 9 for
> everything you can't trash you'll be doing that for ever. You guys should
> get more familiar with the Terminal.
> 
> Launch Terminal
> change user to root level, use the sudo command
> sudo chmod -R 777 then the folder file and or directory path that you want'
> to delete
> enter password
> return
> You should then be able to move the item to the trash.
> 
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> > From: 	Harrie Westphal
> > Reply To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> > Sent: 	Monday, March 24, 2003 10:08 AM
> > To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> > Subject: 	[G4] How do you delete Previous Systems folder
> > 
> > I have everything running smoothly in Jaguar now and so I tried to 
> > erase the Previous Systems folder only to find that I cannot drag it to 
> > the trash and if I control click on the folder the Move To Trash option 
> > does not appear. How do I free up the 1.5 gig of hard disk space that 
> > this now useless group of files is occupying. Can you tell this is 
> > coming from someone who knows next to nothing about the Unix world?
> > 
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