18 Oct
2005
18 Oct
'05
17:50
On 10/18/05, Carlos E. R.
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The Tuesday 2005-10-18 at 14:37 +0100, Fergus Wilde wrote:
How can i erase this file (sen it to trash?).
$ cd
$ cd Desktop
$ su [give root password]
# rm -rf [name-of-your-directory]
Are you joking?
For a single file? As root? What if he mistypes and erases his whole disk?
The OP suggested that the file is mysteriously locked somehow. What would you suggest to do about it without being in superuser mode (and without rebooting, of course)? \Steve