[Ham-Mac] Trash won't delete some files

[Dick Kriss]

I have had the same problem.  Two easy ways to flush the trash.  Boot from
your CD or boot from another drive.  You will then be able to flush the
trash

Dick AA5VU


On 7/6/06 4:50 PM, "Lon Kinley" <majorlk at us.net> wrote:

> I have some files in the trash that won't delete. One of them is a
> single empty folder, one of them is  a nested (four levels) folder,
> with the innermost folder empty, and the other two are two copies of
> the same text file that I am told are in use and can't be deleted.
> All the files come from attempting to delete the backup of my main HD
> from the second HD. The two folders are the top level (root?) folders.
> 
> I have gone the usual route of seeing that they are unlocked, I have
> permissions to read/write and so forth. I am open to any and all
> suggestions.
> 
> I am running 10.4.6 on a G4.
> 
> Thanks for any assistance,
> 
> 73,
> 
> Lon - W3LK
> Baltimore, Maryland
> 
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