Re: OS X Trash removal via terminal

Hi Michael,

At 10:59 -0800 2004-01-23, Michael Rimar wrote:
>Here's what I did [to use 'sudo rm' to empty the trash] ...
>
>...
>
>[c-1749-3-3:~] rimar% sudo rm -ri/Users/rimar/Trashes
>Password:
>rm: illegal option -- /
>usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
> unlink file

   Perhaps:

   sudo rm -ri /Users/rimar/Trashes

(note the space between "-ri" and "/Users/rimar/Trashes).

   More tips on trashing 'un-trashable' files under Mac OS X:

   Randy B. Singer
   "How To Deal With Common Macintosh OS 10.2 Jaguar Problems"
   http://www.macattorney.com/tutorial.html#Anchor-32871

Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group

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Received on Fri Jan 23 11:21:55 2004