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robgendreau

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Jul 13, 2008
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I've got a file, that was part of a TM backup I removed, that is sitting in the trash and won't go away.

I tried to move it out of the trash, but it copied, since it doesn't seem to recognize My Authoritay, as Cartman would say. So I started experimenting with the copy, and it cannot be dealt with either; I keep getting lack of authorization message. I changed the permissions to 777; it shows me as owner, but still nothing.

I tried sudo rm -f, but got back a message saying no dice. It doesn't show as locked. It's just part of a backup from a mobile device, an .mddata file from MobileSync. How do I get rid of it?

Rob
 
Fixed it. Had to rename an enclosing folder, and for some reason that worked.
 
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