Hi, basically i have a unix executable file which cannot be deleted from my trash on my mac. I have tried deleting and rebuilding the trash, securely deleting it, and even using third party applications to delete it, but it seems that the computer does not know that it is there. Is there any other way of deleting this file??
Thanks in advance!!!! 🙂
MacBook Pro, Windows 7
How did you go about deleting and rebuilding Trash?
If you haven't already done so, restart the computer and see whether it goes away. Otherwise, select the undeletable file and open the Info dialog. In the General section, what is shown for Where? Is the file locked?
I used
sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/*/.Trashes
Which did not work
In the where section it says bootcamp → .Trashes → Trash
When i went to that place from my Mac partition, it said that i cant open it because i dont have permission, so how do i get about getting permissions for that?
Also I went back to Bootcamp partition (Windows 8.1) and found that the Recycle Bin is empty and there is nothing in that folder, so what do i do now??
Never use the shell (Terminal) to empty the Trash. It's dangerous and unnecessary, and (as in this case) it usually doesn't work.
You can't modify the Boot Camp volume in OS X unless you install third-party software to enable writing to NTFS. Boot into Windows and run the CHKDSK program. Then try again to empty the Recycle bin.
The only reason this didn't work is that the file is not located in ~/.Trash. Otherwise, I have never seen it not work. Dangerous? Yes, if you don't understand the correct syntax of the command and insert a space where none should be, or if the suggestion to use it doesn't strongly emphasize and clarify what that syntax should be, in order to avoid a disastrous typo. No one has ever come to harm from a post I have made to use this command.
Unix Executable File Does Not Delete in TRASH??
