Re: OS X Trash removal via terminal

TrashIt! gets me into a loop of saying that the admin password stored
is no longer valid and asks for the password again and again, nothing
left the trash and the loop didn't end (or I didn't have the
patience)...The installer is in the trash now, too...

At 12:16 PM -0800 1/23/04, Aron Roberts wrote:
>Hi Michael,
>
> At 12:01 -0800 2004-01-23, Michael Rimar wrote (with permission
>given to respond to the MAGNet list):
>>Well, maybe we're getting closer..
>>
>>it says no such file
>>
>>Last login: Thu Jan 22 12:35:18 on ttyp1
>>Welcome to Darwin!
>>[c-1749-3-3:~] rimar% sudo rm -ri /Users/rimar/Trashes
>>Password:
>>rm: /Users/rimar/Trashes: No such file or directory
>>[c-1749-3-3:~] rimar%
>>
>>
>>I thought this was the correct location for the trash file..
>
> The Trash is in a directory named ".Trash". This directory is
>hidden in the Finder and in ordinary directory listings by virtue of
>having a dot as the first character in its name; E.g.:
>
> /Users/rimar/.Trash
>
> For you and others encountering this situation: as one possible
>alternative to using Unix shell commands, you might also look at
>Randy Singer's guide's suggestions about force-emptying the trash,
>mentioned in a previous note. Among its suggestions is a pointer to
>a free AppleScript script called "Trash-It!". Here's the direct
>link to that script:
>
><http://www.nonamescriptware.com/forums/index.php?&act=Downloads&CODE=02&id=7>
>
> This little script has received great reviews on VersionTracker's
>download page from most users who've posted comments there:
>
><http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14884&mode=feedback&vid=All>
>
>Aron Roberts
>Workstation Software Support Group

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