HELP ME!!!!!! I need a program that deletes things without the help of FInder

johninc · johninc #1 (**permalink**)

03-12-2005, 03:27 PM

I need a program that delets stuff without any help from Finder.
Reason:
My ibooks 60 gb hard drive is filled the brim so full that finder can barely run so little that no finder windows can be opened. I actually don't no how I'm even able to use safari right now.

Kokopelli · Kokopelli #2 (**permalink**)

03-12-2005, 03:38 PM

EDIT: To start go to your desktop so finder is active. do a <shift><command><delete> to empty your trash, that might give you enough room to work from.

If you can open a terminal and use the command "rm <file>"

To delete an entire directory "rm -rf <directory>" but use with caution, the files are gone permanently.

So to delete my music directory from my home

"cd ~" to go to home
"ls" just so I know what is there
"rm -rf Music" and my music folder would be gone

johninc · johninc #3 (**permalink**)

03-12-2005, 05:37 PM

Thanks but it just suddenly started working

Kokopelli #2 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	03-12-2005, 03:38 PM EDIT: To start go to your desktop so finder is active. do a <shift><command><delete> to empty your trash, that might give you enough room to work from. If you can open a terminal and use the command "rm <file>" To delete an entire directory "rm -rf <directory>" but use with caution, the files are gone permanently. So to delete my music directory from my home "cd ~" to go to home "ls" just so I know what is there "rm -rf Music" and my music folder would be gone Last edited by Kokopelli; 03-12-2005 at 03:43 PM.
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johninc #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 28, 2004 Location: Albany, CA Posts: 643 Mac Specs: ibook G4 12 inch running mac os 10.4 with: 60 gb HD+256 mb ram+Radeon 9200	03-12-2005, 03:27 PM I need a program that delets stuff without any help from Finder. Reason: My ibooks 60 gb hard drive is filled the brim so full that finder can barely run so little that no finder windows can be opened. I actually don't no how I'm even able to use safari right now.
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