OS 10.5 - trash strange name

alirezagh76 · alirezagh76 #1 (**permalink**)

08-09-2008, 04:52 PM

Hi everybody,

I would be thankful if somebody help me with a strange problem I have.

I can not empty the trash because it has "strange name" :

If I do ls command its name is:
\342\200\255.\342\200\254Trash

and if I do cd with tab tab to see the list, it looks like:
â*.â¬Trash/

Actually I can remove it by "rm -rf *Trash" but it appears after restart.

Is it a virus or worm etc. ?

Thanks,
Alireza.

Dysfunction · Dysfunction #2 (**permalink**)

08-09-2008, 06:38 PM

You have a windows partition on this machine don't you

alirezagh76 · alirezagh76 #3 (**permalink**)

08-09-2008, 07:09 PM

No I don't think so. I have never tried to install windows on my mac or change the default partition. I am a new Mac user. However, I have been a longterm windows and linux user. I am excited by the mac with respect to its speed and annoyed by such strange differences with linux. I you are expert please help me.

Thanks,
Alireza.

Dysfunction · Dysfunction #4 (**permalink**)

08-10-2008, 02:52 AM

where is the file/directory located? Can you stat the file?

alirezagh76 · alirezagh76 #5 (**permalink**)

08-10-2008, 06:56 AM

Hi,
I was playing around with rename it or delete it then creating, however I had tried such thing before, suddendly I found it is fixed. To be honest I could not understand what happened that it is now ok.

I think it can happen later again, so maybe we find out what is going on. for the moment thank you.

This is the stat after the fixing:

234881026 1753158 drwx------ 2 ghasemi staff 0 68 "Aug 10 09:44:59 2008" "Aug 10 09:44:59 2008" "Aug 10 09:44:59 2008" "Aug 10 09:44:59 2008" 4096 0 0 .Trash

Alireza.

Dysfunction #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 17, 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 6,523 Mac Specs: 2008 and 2011 15" mbps, late 11 iMac, iPhone 4s, and too many ipods and other stuff	08-09-2008, 06:38 PM You have a windows partition on this machine don't you mike This machine kills fascists Got # ? phear the command line!
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Dysfunction #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 17, 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 6,523 Mac Specs: 2008 and 2011 15" mbps, late 11 iMac, iPhone 4s, and too many ipods and other stuff	08-10-2008, 02:52 AM where is the file/directory located? Can you stat the file? mike This machine kills fascists Got # ? phear the command line!
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alirezagh76 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 09, 2008 Posts: 4	08-09-2008, 04:52 PM Hi everybody, I would be thankful if somebody help me with a strange problem I have. I can not empty the trash because it has "strange name" : If I do ls command its name is: \342\200\255.\342\200\254Trash and if I do cd with tab tab to see the list, it looks like: â.â¬Trash/ Actually I can remove it by "rm -rf Trash" but it appears after restart. Is it a virus or worm etc. ? Thanks, Alireza.
	QUOTE Thanks

alirezagh76 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 09, 2008 Posts: 4	08-10-2008, 06:56 AM Hi, I was playing around with rename it or delete it then creating, however I had tried such thing before, suddendly I found it is fixed. To be honest I could not understand what happened that it is now ok. I think it can happen later again, so maybe we find out what is going on. for the moment thank you. This is the stat after the fixing: 234881026 1753158 drwx------ 2 ghasemi staff 0 68 "Aug 10 09:44:59 2008" "Aug 10 09:44:59 2008" "Aug 10 09:44:59 2008" "Aug 10 09:44:59 2008" 4096 0 0 .Trash Alireza.
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