Empty Trash Problem

[ricede]

I have an Ext Drive ( Windows NT File system format ) and in the trash is a file that refuses to empty. The message is
The finder cannot complete the operation because some data in ' -------- ' cannot be read or written. ( Error code -36)

I have tried
sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/ but even that cant empty it. Any suggestions please.

iMac 10.9.5

 

[throAU]

try secure empty trash - hold command key while emptying to have that option available. has helped get rid of files for me before that don't want to empty.

 

[ricede]

try secure empty trash - hold command key while emptying to have that option available. has helped get rid of files for me before that don't want to empty.

No - i tried that first of before the Terminal command. Gives that message.

 

[Tulani]

try deleting the file on a windows machine then when you are back on the mac it should be GONE

 

[CoastalOR]

The Mac OS can not write (it can read) to a NTFS formatted drive unless there is 3rd party software installed that enables writing to NTFS drives. The action of trying to delete a file requires writing to the external drive so there is the problem if it is in NTFS format.

 

[ricede]

....unless there is 3rd party software installed that enables writing to NTFS drives

I do have NTFS for mac OSX installed on this mac