... But I can't delete this F king .sit file (movie trailer). When I try it says it is being used by another task. But its not. Is there anyway to "Force Delete". Any ideas?
Uh Uh. Didn't work. Terminal said there was nothing on the Desktop of that file name. But I used the file name given in the Get Info of the Desktop alias.
Dragging worked. You guys r good. This Terminal stuff seems pretty useful (if scary. I've never been one to poke around with computers - whether in the OS or in the guts of the machine).
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1: Open Terminal
2: type cd ~ and hit return (don't forget the space)
3: type sudo rm Desktop/[name of the offending file] and hit return
4: type an administrator password at the prompt, hit return
5: you're done! Unless you get a similar message, in which case more sophisticated/dangerous methods will be required
Any more ideas?
Anywhere I can look up free info on Terminal?
The most common reasons for it not working would be that the name contains a space, and therefor it needs quoting or escaping:-
eg of quoting: sudo rm "~/Desktop/Some File With Spaces"
eg of escaping: sudo rm ~/Desktop/Some\\ File\\ With\\ Spaces
Also remember that the terminal is case sensitive.
Originally posted by jwri004
If you can't be shagged with backslashes etc, just rename the file "a" or something of the like. Makes it a lot quicker.
Good point. Well made.
Working...
Bum.
ls
in the Desktop directory, to see what terminal DOES see.
Open Terminal.
Type "sudo rm " and don't press return yet. Note there is a trailing space.
Drag the file to the Terminal.
Press return.
Originally posted by Brad
Easier:
Open Terminal.
Type "sudo rm " and don't press return yet. Note there is a trailing space.
Drag the file to the Terminal.
Press return.
Yeah, no need to type. I LOVE how i can drag files into terminal and it puts in the full path
Dragging worked. You guys r good. This Terminal stuff seems pretty useful (if scary. I've never been one to poke around with computers - whether in the OS or in the guts of the machine).
Found these sites to help me learn.
OSXFAQ
OJBs
Anyone know any with step-by-step stuff for beginners?