[Ham-Mac] Re: eliminating trash files

[Jerry Keller]

Jerry Keller writes:
All those using mac osx should have a program such as Cocktail to  
clean and maintain all their system files. Cocktail will also delete  
any file from any of your trash folders regardless of their  
permissions status.
Good luck.
Jerry  W2JMK
On Jul 7, 2006, at 4:01 AM, ham-mac-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:

> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 17:50:57 -0400
> From: Lon Kinley <majorlk at us.net>
> Subject: [Ham-Mac] Trash won't delete some files
> To: ham-mac at mailman.qth.net
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> 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