OS 10.5 - Leopard Trash Issue

jimb930 · jimb930 #1 (**permalink**)

02-29-2008, 09:26 PM

My trash icon keeps indicating that the trash is full when there are no items listed. I have tried relaunching finder, emptying the trash (multiple times), secure emptying the trash, and a couple of command line things that didn't work. Any thoughts? Thanks

ismouton · ismouton #2 (**permalink**)

02-29-2008, 10:53 PM

It might be a permissions problem. If you can give me the output of "ls -lh ~/.Trash/ ls;ls -ldh ~/.Trash/" (with no quotes of course), I may be able to help you diagnose a problem.

EDIT: let me be more concise. Issue that command in the terminal. To open a terminal hit command space, type terminal, and hit enter to open it.

rohan · rohan #3 (**permalink**)

03-01-2008, 11:34 AM

i think i know what may be causing this...had the same issue a few days ago...you may have some issues with an external drive...incase yo have any eject them & your trash should say ts empty...however it will return once you re-plug it...you need to locate the files causing the error....mine was a folder called "found 001" or something like thati just deleted that & my problem was fixed...it may just be the same for you...hope this helps...

(i have a feeling it was created when i ran a verify/repair command from disk utility on my ext. drive)

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jimb930 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 16, 2008 Location: The Whitest Town I Know Posts: 4 Mac Specs: 20" iMac 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo; 2 GB Ram, 320 GB HDD	02-29-2008, 09:26 PM My trash icon keeps indicating that the trash is full when there are no items listed. I have tried relaunching finder, emptying the trash (multiple times), secure emptying the trash, and a couple of command line things that didn't work. Any thoughts? Thanks
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ismouton #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 31, 2007 Posts: 5	02-29-2008, 10:53 PM It might be a permissions problem. If you can give me the output of "ls -lh ~/.Trash/ ls;ls -ldh ~/.Trash/" (with no quotes of course), I may be able to help you diagnose a problem. EDIT: let me be more concise. Issue that command in the terminal. To open a terminal hit command space, type terminal, and hit enter to open it.
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