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It's my first time: should I root?I had to do an archive and install after some very scary weirdness two days ago. My machine hung on 'Waiting for netinfo' booting up; I couldn't boot…
Hey, I didn't know that one. I always used: Code: sudo rm /FolderToRemove And then Ctrl-D twice to logout. -
It's my first time: should I root?I had to do an archive and install after some very scary weirdness two days ago. My machine hung on 'Waiting for netinfo' booting up; I couldn't boot…
Quote: Originally posted by CubeDude Hey, I didn't know that one. I always used: Code: sudo rm /FolderToRemove And then Ctrl-D twice to logout. Yep, there's always something new I can learn.. thanx -
It's my first time: should I root?I had to do an archive and install after some very scary weirdness two days ago. My machine hung on 'Waiting for netinfo' booting up; I couldn't boot…
... . I always used: Code: sudo rm /FolderToRemove And then Ctrl-D ... . The way I see it, rm removes files, and although directories ... -
It's my first time: should I root?I had to do an archive and install after some very scary weirdness two days ago. My machine hung on 'Waiting for netinfo' booting up; I couldn't boot…
Cube and Kopf, thanks. I tried the sudo and it won't work. I get this: rm: illegal option -- / usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ... unlink file Who knows why. I'm going to download that shareware tool and if it does the trick he earns his $15. -
It's my first time: should I root?I had to do an archive and install after some very scary weirdness two days ago. My machine hung on 'Waiting for netinfo' booting up; I couldn't boot…
You probably forgot a space... do this: In terminal, type in sudo rm -drf put a space after the -drf drag the folder onto the terminal window, enter, and authenticate, should delete stuff. -
It's my first time: should I root?I had to do an archive and install after some very scary weirdness two days ago. My machine hung on 'Waiting for netinfo' booting up; I couldn't boot…
... work. I get this: rm: illegal option -- / usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW ... ' especially when using it and 'rm'. sudo gives you super-user ... unbootable computer. so, check your rm line several times before hitting ... -
It's my first time: should I root?I had to do an archive and install after some very scary weirdness two days ago. My machine hung on 'Waiting for netinfo' booting up; I couldn't boot…
... : In terminal, type in sudo rm -drf put a space after ... -
It's my first time: should I root?I had to do an archive and install after some very scary weirdness two days ago. My machine hung on 'Waiting for netinfo' booting up; I couldn't boot…
Speaking of rm, why do you need a d when you have an r in the options? -
It's my first time: should I root?I had to do an archive and install after some very scary weirdness two days ago. My machine hung on 'Waiting for netinfo' booting up; I couldn't boot…
Quote: Originally posted by chych Speaking of rm, why do you need a d when you have an r in the options? You don't, -r implies -d. sudo rm -rf PATH_TO_FOLDER You never need the -d flag (all you can do with that is deleting empty directories) -
It's my first time: should I root?I had to do an archive and install after some very scary weirdness two days ago. My machine hung on 'Waiting for netinfo' booting up; I couldn't boot…
... posted by chych Speaking of rm, why do you need a ... -
Is it possible to delete prior copy of OS?Due to a couple of minor issues, I just reinstalled OS 10.2.6. The system put the previously used OS (also 10.2.6) in a folder with all of its relat…
From the terminal: sudo rm -r "/Previous System" (or whatever ... CAREFUL WITH THIS COMMAND AS "rm -r" will do some MAJOR ... -
Is it possible to delete prior copy of OS?Due to a couple of minor issues, I just reinstalled OS 10.2.6. The system put the previously used OS (also 10.2.6) in a folder with all of its relat…
... DaveGee From the terminal: sudo rm -r "/Previous System" (or whatever ... CAREFUL WITH THIS COMMAND AS "rm -r" will do some MAJOR ... -
Is it possible to delete prior copy of OS?Due to a couple of minor issues, I just reinstalled OS 10.2.6. The system put the previously used OS (also 10.2.6) in a folder with all of its relat…
... link? In the finder? Using rm in the terminal? For example ... -
Is it possible to delete prior copy of OS?Due to a couple of minor issues, I just reinstalled OS 10.2.6. The system put the previously used OS (also 10.2.6) in a folder with all of its relat…
... In the finder? Using rm in the terminal? For ... last folders. also, doing rm mylink/ isn't dangerous, ... . with the trailing slash, rm de-references the link ... dereference the link. so rm myfilelink/ will get rid ... . Lesson: be careful with rm, its dangerous. And make ... -
Is it possible to delete prior copy of OS?Due to a couple of minor issues, I just reinstalled OS 10.2.6. The system put the previously used OS (also 10.2.6) in a folder with all of its relat…
... recursive option like this rm -r mylink you are ... last folders. also, doing rm mylink/ isn't dangerous, ... with the trailing slash, rm de-references the link ... dereference the link. so rm myfilelink/ will get rid ... Lesson: be careful with rm, its dangerous. And make ... -
CRON script help!Im told i can run script at certain times in the day without having to execute it by hand every time.<br /> <br /> Id like to run <br /> <br /> cd /V…
... once or twice without the 'rm' part. maybe with 'echo' so ... -
CRON script help!Im told i can run script at certain times in the day without having to execute it by hand every time.<br /> <br /> Id like to run <br /> <br /> cd /V…
You could also $ su - (change to root) $ crontab -e add the line 0 10,4 * * 2-5 find /Volumes/INETPUB -name "._*" -exec rm '{}' \\; -print sorted! Dobby. -
Two identical "Users" folders are appearing!This is a bug I first noticed maybe two weeks ago. Eventually it just went away. But now it's back, and it won't go away. I have an 800 MHz iBook run…
... terminal for things like sudo rm. But I haven't really ... -
Two identical "Users" folders are appearing!This is a bug I first noticed maybe two weeks ago. Eventually it just went away. But now it's back, and it won't go away. I have an 800 MHz iBook run…
... into a new directory. also, rm'ing a hard link doesn ... -
Two identical "Users" folders are appearing!This is a bug I first noticed maybe two weeks ago. Eventually it just went away. But now it's back, and it won't go away. I have an 800 MHz iBook run…
... softlink of a dir safely. rm Users This can't remove ... -
Two identical "Users" folders are appearing!This is a bug I first noticed maybe two weeks ago. Eventually it just went away. But now it's back, and it won't go away. I have an 800 MHz iBook run…
... and deleted in Terminal using rm with the -p flag. -
Two identical "Users" folders are appearing!This is a bug I first noticed maybe two weeks ago. Eventually it just went away. But now it's back, and it won't go away. I have an 800 MHz iBook run…
... and deleted in Terminal using rm with the -p flag. Yes ... -
Recovering deleted items.Hey everyone.<br /> I know threads about deleting stubborn files and such have been posted a bit, and after doing a search I found no threads on reco…
... . The man page for the rm command is somewhat informative (especially ... -
The future of CPU's in MacsOk, currently, Apple is using 4 different CPUs with one waiting in the wings. There's the G5 made by IBM, the next G3 by IBM, the old G3, the old G4,…
... bus. Hmmm.... So no 7457-RM in Mots processor time(ha ... -
The future of CPU's in MacsOk, currently, Apple is using 4 different CPUs with one waiting in the wings. There's the G5 made by IBM, the next G3 by IBM, the old G3, the old G4,…
Quote: Originally posted by Bigc So no 7457-RM in Mots processor time(ha)lines anymore (not that any of the recent ones been close time-wise)?? Nope. It was dropped earlier this year, if memory serves. -
IBM will begin 90 nm fab Q4In <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/09/25/chip/index.php?redirect=1064506687000" target="_blank">this excellent artichle @ MacCentra…
... comming from Motorola besides 7457-RM, and their multicore-G4, but ... be impressed. A multi-core RM G4 would be a decent ... -
Getting Partitions back from LinuxI installed Yellow Dog linux and now that I have Apple's X11 installed I don't even need Linux (for the hour a week I was using it anyway). But I hav…
... my indiscriminate use of "sudo rm -rf *" I mananged to wipe ... -
Quality control issues with new PowerBooks...particularly the 15"?Just taking a casual cruise through the AI, macnn, arstechnica and Macworld message boards...<br /> <br /> Is it me or does there seem to be an inord…
... through promiscuous use of the "rm -rf *" command ! -
VirtualPC with Non-Windows VPCsAnyone had any experience running Linux and Solaris (Intel version) under VPC6?<br /> <br /> Solaris won't install, gets so far then hangs - I suspec…
start with the terminal then... most of the commands your mac has are the same as linux ones. ... just keep away from the "rm" command. -
Removing Developer Tools - Simple Method?Is there a simple way to remov the Developer Tools from OS X 10.2.8? I installed them to see what was what, but I want to remove them now, as they wi…
Why can't you drag /Developer to the trash, or 'sudo -rm' it?
