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Downloads folder can't be deleted?
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<blockquote data-quote="silvershadelynx" data-source="post: 1875860" data-attributes="member: 407101"><p>Hi, I previously installed Dropbox, but I wanted to get rid of it as it messed up my directory structure: my ~/Downloads folder is symbolic-linked to: </p><p></p><p>/Users<my username>/Dropbox/My Mac (MacBook Air of <my name>)/Downloads</p><p></p><p>Terminal output from "ls -la" is:</p><p></p><p>lrwx------+ 1 <my username> staff 68 5 jul 2020 Downloads -> /Users<my username>/Dropbox/My Mac (MacBook Air of <my name>)/Downloads</p><p></p><p>So I tried "rm -Rf Downloads", but then it gives an error "rm: Downloads: Operation not permitted". When trying "sudo rm -Rf Downloads", it gives an error "rm: Downloads: No such file or directory". This sounds strange to me, as the directory is listed in the "ls -la" command output. The same errors appear when using the "unlink" command.</p><p></p><p>My plan was to just remove the symbolic link and create a new Downloads folder. I tried the aforementioned commands in single user mode (terminal) as well, with the same results (error messages). Any idea how I can solve this problem? Has it to do with a reserved / special / protected folder?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="silvershadelynx, post: 1875860, member: 407101"] Hi, I previously installed Dropbox, but I wanted to get rid of it as it messed up my directory structure: my ~/Downloads folder is symbolic-linked to: /Users<my username>/Dropbox/My Mac (MacBook Air of <my name>)/Downloads Terminal output from "ls -la" is: lrwx------+ 1 <my username> staff 68 5 jul 2020 Downloads -> /Users<my username>/Dropbox/My Mac (MacBook Air of <my name>)/Downloads So I tried "rm -Rf Downloads", but then it gives an error "rm: Downloads: Operation not permitted". When trying "sudo rm -Rf Downloads", it gives an error "rm: Downloads: No such file or directory". This sounds strange to me, as the directory is listed in the "ls -la" command output. The same errors appear when using the "unlink" command. My plan was to just remove the symbolic link and create a new Downloads folder. I tried the aforementioned commands in single user mode (terminal) as well, with the same results (error messages). Any idea how I can solve this problem? Has it to do with a reserved / special / protected folder? [/QUOTE]
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