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Deleting a Folder Using Terminal

Hi all,

I recently got "blue screened" and can't start my computer... it's been very scary!

The best solution I found was to reinstall Snow Leopard, but I don't have enough space on my hard drive...

SO, I'd like to delete a specific folder (one of the artists in my iTunes music folder). Can someone explain how to do this?

Right now, in Terminal all I see is:

-bash-3.2#

If you can explain this in super-layman's terms, I'd REALLY appreciate it!!!

Thank you so much for your help

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Apr 20, 2010 9:40 PM

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dbsneddon

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Posted on Apr 20, 2010 10:21 PM

rm -R /Users/shortname/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Music/name-of-artist

Where shortname is your short user name.
name-of-artist is the name of the artist you wish to remove.
The name is case sensitive and if it contains spaces you will need
to escape them e.g. "The\ Beatles".

*If you get the command wrong you can do major damage...*

Work out what you think the command should be and post it here to
see if there is anything obviously wrong with it -- just to be sure.

Dave

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Apr 20, 2010 11:27 PM in response to dbsneddon

It said I had 3.3 GB available; then it said:

**Checking catalog file.
disk0s2: I/O error.
Invalid node structure
(4, 2269)
** The volume Jimmy Andretta's MacBook Pro cannot be repaired when it is in use.
** The volume Jimmy Andretta's MacBook PRo could not be repaired.
/dev/rdisk0s2 (hfs) EXITED WITH SIGNAL 8

Apr 20, 2010 11:28 PM in response to Jimmy Andretta

Yes, it said it was unable to repair, then advised me to back everything up... I wish I had!

dbsneddon

Level 4

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Apr 20, 2010 11:42 PM in response to Jimmy Andretta

At this point all I can suggest is to get a thing called DiskWarrior
(I haven't used it myself but many here swear by it).
That however doesn't solve your problem right now.
Sorry I couldn't be of any more help... Good luck.

Dave

Apr 20, 2010 11:50 PM in response to dbsneddon

Thank you for all your help Dave... at least you tried.

If I were to buy DiskWarrior, would I be able to actually load the program on this computer? I mean.. it can't even boot up so would this be a waste of money?

dbsneddon

Level 4

1,530 points

Apr 20, 2010 11:54 PM in response to Jimmy Andretta

I believe that it boots from the supplied CD/DVD.
In the mean time you may want to google for "invalid node structure",
there are numerous discussions on how do things but be careful since
you don't have a backup.

Dave

Deleting a Folder Using Terminal