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I am a relatively new Mac convert from Windows so I am still figuring out the Terminal as most all of the commands are different than Windows command prompt.
I have a Mac Pro and bought a GoFlex Home NAS server for my Time Machine. I started Time Machine and it was working fine but during the process of the initial backup (about 65% complete) the Mac froze and I had to restart. I tried to continue the Backup and it gave me an error...
Long story short, I got Time Machine to create a new backup directory and complete a backup.
My problem is that I now have this file (I renamed it Delete during the process) that I cannot delete... how ironic, huh? When I try to delete it, it tells me Permission Denied. When I Show Info, it shows the owner a "0transmission" which is not me; I'm Clinton... nice to meet you I cannot add myself as an owner nor can I change the owner in OSX.
I have gone into Terminal and tried CHOWN and CHMOD, in standard access and SUDO. No matter what I do, it tells me permission denied when I try to run the RMDIR command. I entered LS -LA and it shows Clinton as the owner. Here is the output exactly:
Clintons-Mac-Pro:timemachinebackup Clinton$ ls -la
total 270
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:49 .
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:26 ..
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:26 .AppleDesktop
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:29 .AppleDouble
-rwx------ 1 Clinton staff 6148 Jun 29 02:47 .DS_Store
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:49 Clinton’s Mac Pro.sparsebundle
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:26 Network Trash Folder
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:26 Temporary Items
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 01:44 delete
I want to delete the file named "delete" at the bottom of the list but...
Clintons-Mac-Pro:timemachinebackup Clinton$ rm -r delete
rm: delete/delete/.AppleDouble/bf6c: Permission denied
rm: delete/delete/.AppleDouble: Directory not empty
rm: delete/delete: Directory not empty
rm: delete: Directory not empty
this "bf6c" file is some kind of remnant of the old backup and I want to delete it to TM doesn't get confused and try to use it or recover from it. If I navigate all the way down to that file and run LS -LA....
Clintons-Mac-Pro:.appledouble Clinton$ ls -la
total 66
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 00:39 .
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 00:44 ..
-rwx------ 1 Clinton staff 741 Jun 28 05:40 bf6c
Why can't I delete it? How do I delete it?
Sorry for the long post... Thanks for help.
I have a Mac Pro and bought a GoFlex Home NAS server for my Time Machine. I started Time Machine and it was working fine but during the process of the initial backup (about 65% complete) the Mac froze and I had to restart. I tried to continue the Backup and it gave me an error...
Long story short, I got Time Machine to create a new backup directory and complete a backup.
My problem is that I now have this file (I renamed it Delete during the process) that I cannot delete... how ironic, huh? When I try to delete it, it tells me Permission Denied. When I Show Info, it shows the owner a "0transmission" which is not me; I'm Clinton... nice to meet you I cannot add myself as an owner nor can I change the owner in OSX.
I have gone into Terminal and tried CHOWN and CHMOD, in standard access and SUDO. No matter what I do, it tells me permission denied when I try to run the RMDIR command. I entered LS -LA and it shows Clinton as the owner. Here is the output exactly:
Clintons-Mac-Pro:timemachinebackup Clinton$ ls -la
total 270
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:49 .
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:26 ..
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:26 .AppleDesktop
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:29 .AppleDouble
-rwx------ 1 Clinton staff 6148 Jun 29 02:47 .DS_Store
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:49 Clinton’s Mac Pro.sparsebundle
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:26 Network Trash Folder
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 02:26 Temporary Items
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 01:44 delete
I want to delete the file named "delete" at the bottom of the list but...
Clintons-Mac-Pro:timemachinebackup Clinton$ rm -r delete
rm: delete/delete/.AppleDouble/bf6c: Permission denied
rm: delete/delete/.AppleDouble: Directory not empty
rm: delete/delete: Directory not empty
rm: delete: Directory not empty
this "bf6c" file is some kind of remnant of the old backup and I want to delete it to TM doesn't get confused and try to use it or recover from it. If I navigate all the way down to that file and run LS -LA....
Clintons-Mac-Pro:.appledouble Clinton$ ls -la
total 66
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 00:39 .
drwx------ 1 Clinton staff 16384 Jun 29 00:44 ..
-rwx------ 1 Clinton staff 741 Jun 28 05:40 bf6c
Why can't I delete it? How do I delete it?
Sorry for the long post... Thanks for help.