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Questions about deleting user folder and another about trash bin
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<blockquote data-quote="Kokopelli" data-source="post: 192059"><p>Again, there may be an easier way but...</p><p></p><p><em>To find out what is in the directory:</em></p><p>open a terminal and go into the dirstory in question then to a "ls -a" it is possible that there are some invisible or hidden files in there. They should all show up in teminal though.</p><p></p><p><em>to force deletion of the directory:</em></p><p>"cd ~" to go back to your home directory. "sudo rm -rf ./<directory name>" replacing <directory name> with the directory you want to get rid of. Warning #1: This permanently deletes the files, it does not send them to trash. Warning #2: Make sure you type the command correctly, this is being executed as root.</p><p></p><p><em>If you just want to send the directory to trash:</em></p><p>"sudo mv ./<directory name> ./.Trash" Which will move it to trash, but you will have to force clear trash to get rid of it probably.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Can you create a test document and then drag that to trash? I wonder if it is the trash can that is the problem or the directory you want to delete.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kokopelli, post: 192059"] Again, there may be an easier way but... [i]To find out what is in the directory:[/i] open a terminal and go into the dirstory in question then to a "ls -a" it is possible that there are some invisible or hidden files in there. They should all show up in teminal though. [i]to force deletion of the directory:[/i] "cd ~" to go back to your home directory. "sudo rm -rf ./<directory name>" replacing <directory name> with the directory you want to get rid of. Warning #1: This permanently deletes the files, it does not send them to trash. Warning #2: Make sure you type the command correctly, this is being executed as root. [i]If you just want to send the directory to trash:[/i] "sudo mv ./<directory name> ./.Trash" Which will move it to trash, but you will have to force clear trash to get rid of it probably. EDIT: Can you create a test document and then drag that to trash? I wonder if it is the trash can that is the problem or the directory you want to delete. [/QUOTE]
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