Also, note the spaces before the / and after the \. unix does not recognize when spaces are omitted. Mike On Monday, November 17, 2003, at 06:57 PM, Steve Martin wrote: > You weren't supposed to type the quotes. > > On Nov 17, 2003, at 8:51 PM, Ron Cooper wrote: > >>> Message-Id: <8EF6C623-1967-11D8-ACAA-00039301ACF8 at astcomm.net> >>> From: Chris Olson <chris at astcomm.net> >>> Subject: Re: [Ti] how to delete items owned by root? >>> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:35:57 -0600 >>> >>> On Nov 17, 2003, at 11:01 AM, Ron Cooper wrote: >>> >>>> I want to dump some Retrospect items that in System X / Filesystems >>>> / >>>> and are owned by root. >>>> >>>> What is the procedure? >>> >>> Open Terminal and: >>> >>> 'cd /System\ X/Filesystems' (or whatever the path is) >>> >>> Once you're in the directory do: >>> >>> 'sudo rm <filename>' or if it's a directory you need to remove then >>> use 'sudo rm -r <directory_name>' >>> >>> -- >>> Chris >>> >> Tried the following and hit return: >> >> [Ron-Coopers-Powerbook:~] ron% 'cd /System/Library\Filesystems' >> cd /System/Library\Filesystems: Command not found. >> >> Command not found was the reply. What more need I do? >>