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

[Steve Hellyer]

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73
Steve - VA3SPH

On 6-Jul-06, at 5:50 PM, Lon Kinley 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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