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macOS Ting Vit.html file I can not get rid of
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Are there any other .html files you need to keep in the same directory? If not rm *.html would likely work. Why can't you delete it? Permission denied or you can't get the system to accept the filename?
In the worst-case scenario, you should be able to move anything of value in the directory and any subdirectories then rm -rf the containing directory. I doubt even a very wily file would have the skills to prevent the directory it's in from being blasted.
Another tact might be to rename it. That may be tough, but the first letter seems pretty standard. You might try to just type:
mv Ti<tab>
and see if tab completion gives you a nicely escaped filename. If so, just type an easier filename as the second argument and hopefully it will be moved successfully.
If things get particularly dire using find with an exec directive might work, but I can't say so for sure.
-Lee
Another tact might be to rename it. That may be tough, but the first letter seems pretty standard. You might try to just type:
mv Ti<tab>
and see if tab completion gives you a nicely escaped filename. If so, just type an easier filename as the second argument and hopefully it will be moved successfully.
If things get particularly dire using find with an exec directive might work, but I can't say so for sure.
-Lee
Whenever I have to remove a file with a name the shell doesn't recognize, I have to include the directory it's as as argument to rm, as such:
rm -f ./*.html
Assuming you don't mind blowing away any other html files in that directory, does that line work?
The (-43) error is most likely the value of the shells 'errno' variable. You can look it up in /usr/include/errno.h to see what 43 maps to. It can vary from system to system, but on Linux I see:
...
#define EIDRM 43 /*Identifier Removed*/
...
rm -f ./*.html
Assuming you don't mind blowing away any other html files in that directory, does that line work?
The (-43) error is most likely the value of the shells 'errno' variable. You can look it up in /usr/include/errno.h to see what 43 maps to. It can vary from system to system, but on Linux I see:
...
#define EIDRM 43 /*Identifier Removed*/
...
-43 is a fine not found error.
You should run Disk Utility and verify the hard drive. You prolly have some bad data on the disk.
If you have any Mac OS X disc, or the discs that came with the Mac boot from one and run Disk Utility to repair the drive.
You should run Disk Utility and verify the hard drive. You prolly have some bad data on the disk.
If you have any Mac OS X disc, or the discs that came with the Mac boot from one and run Disk Utility to repair the drive.
Why not move everything else in that folder into a temporary folder, then delete the whole folder, create a new one, and move the old stuff back. But I agree with Sayer, verify the disk and permissions first.
Thank for all your help, but this file is not going anywhere.
The file "Tiếng Việt.html" is in it's own folder called "Legal"
I can delete the whole folder but then it just sits in the trash
and will not permanently delete, it will just stay in the trash
all other items in the trash get deleted but this folder will not go
Any other ideas?
The file "Tiếng Việt.html" is in it's own folder called "Legal"
I can delete the whole folder but then it just sits in the trash
and will not permanently delete, it will just stay in the trash
all other items in the trash get deleted but this folder will not go
Any other ideas?
What are the ownership and permissions of the parent Legal directory? If you do an
ls -l Legal
who's are they owned by and is the sticky bit set (a 't' at the end)? If it the sticky bit is set, even if you have write permission to the directory, if the .html file isn't owned by you won't be able to delete it.
Just sudo to root and try removing it then.
This is what I get when I try ls -1 Legal
lb0004:~ sandymartinez$ ls -1 legal/Users/sandymartinez/Desktop/Legal.rtf/
ls: legal/Users/sandymartinez/Desktop/Legal.rtf/: No such file or directory
I dont know what sudo to root is?
Thanks for all your help, but I guess Im just going to have to
live with this file in the trash.
lb0004:~ sandymartinez$ ls -1 legal/Users/sandymartinez/Desktop/Legal.rtf/
ls: legal/Users/sandymartinez/Desktop/Legal.rtf/: No such file or directory
I dont know what sudo to root is?
Thanks for all your help, but I guess Im just going to have to
live with this file in the trash.
Try doing everything in this article: http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070327092656342
Gotta love Adobe Products. I am pretty sure this was the article I used when I had this problem last year.
Gotta love Adobe Products. I am pretty sure this was the article I used when I had this problem last year.
You want to type ls -l (the letter 'l', not the number '1') to get the full listing with permissions, so type as shown:
ls -ld ~/Desktop/Legal.rtf
ls -l ~/Desktop/Legal.rtf
This prints out the directory and file permission bits. Post them here when you're done.
Sudo'ing to root means switching to the root user, where you enjoy omnipotent godlike privileges on your system. You can remove the file as root in one shot by typing:
sudo rm -R /Users/sandymartinez/Desktop/Legal.rtf
I left off the 'f' option here so rm will prompt you to make sure you want to delete (this protects you in case you put a space between '/' and 'Legal.rtf', which would otherwise blow away your entire desktop..every UNIX user has accidentally done this to their horror sometime in their lives). Unless some process has the contents of this file memory mapped (which I doubt), this will remove the file.
Code:
lb0004:~ sandymartinez$ ls -ld ~/Desktop/Legal.rtf
drwxrwxrwx 3 sandymar admin 102 Jun 5 13:35 /Users/sandymartinez/Desktop/Legal.rtf
lb0004:~ sandymartinez$ ls -l ~/Desktop/Legal.rtf
ls: Tiếng Việt.html: No such file or directory
lb0004:~ sandymartinez$ sudo su
lb0004:/Users/sandymartinez root# rm -R /Users/sandymartinez/Desktop/Legal.rtf
rm: /Users/sandymartinez/Desktop/Legal.rtf/Tiếng Việt.html: No such file or directory
rm: /Users/sandymartinez/Desktop/Legal.rtf: Directory not empty
lb0004:/Users/sandymartinez root#
Silly question, but have you tried rebooting after placing the file (or entire directory) in the Trash, then after restart, emptying the Trash?
Another utility that's never failed for me is SuperEmptyTrash.
Another utility that's never failed for me is SuperEmptyTrash.
I have tried to reboot and it still will not delete
Also just tried your SuperEmptyTrash and it wont get rid of the files either
it says the directory is not empty
You either have a corrupted inode or (more likely) the Tieng file has non-printable characters in the file name.
If you go into the Legal.rtf directory and type in
rm -f *Ti*
does that remove it?
If you go into the Legal.rtf directory and type in
rm -f *Ti*
does that remove it?
OK, I kinda doubted based on your reports thus far that it would work, but sometimes it's the little things that get overlooked.
still does not remove it
lb0004:~ sandymartinez$ cd /users/sandymartinez/desktop/legal.rtf
lb0004:/users/sandymartinez/desktop/legal.rtf sandymartinez$ rm -f*ti*
rm: illegal option -- *
usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
unlink file
you need to put a space between the 'f' and the first '*', and use a capital 'T', exactly as so:
rm -f *Ti*
rm -f *Ti*
Noted, but I have tried it both ways and it still does not get rid of the file
lb0004:~ sandymartinez$ sudo su
Password:
lb0004:/Users/sandymartinez root# cd /users/sandymartinez/desktop/legal.rtf
lb0004:/users/sandymartinez/desktop/legal.rtf root# rm -f *Ti*
lb0004:/users/sandymartinez/desktop/legal.rtf root#
and w/out sudo to root
lb0004:~ sandymartinez$ cd /users/sandymartinez/desktop/legal.rtf
lb0004:/users/sandymartinez/desktop/legal.rtf sandymartinez$ rm -f *Ti*
lb0004:/users/sandymartinez/desktop/legal.rtf sandymartinez$