How to force empty the trash??

[kadoche]

I've got a file in my trash that doesn't want to get out of the trash when I empty it... In OS 8/9, there was a function to force empty the trash, but I can't figure it out for Mac OS X... Does anyone know if that command still exists, and if yes, please tell me!!!

Thanks for the help

[bobw]

Open the terminal and type:

cd ~/.Trash
<hit return>

sudo rm -rf

put a space after the f and drag the item you want deleted to the terminal so that its path is automatically entered, then press return

give it your admin password and hit return


You can also go to http://www.versiontracker.com and get a program like Cocktail to force empty.

[kadoche]

it seems not to work!!! The file in the trash disappears every time I drag it to the terminal, and when I type its name (as shown below), I suppose I don't type exactly the right code...

[user-************:~] denisdoc% cd ~/.Trash
[user-************:~/.Trash] denisdoc% sudo rm -rf (Hed)pe- Killing time#A3465.mpg
Badly placed ()'s.
[user-************:~/.Trash] denisdoc%

I tried to remove the file with Cocktail, but after typing its name on the bar (Trash/(Hed)pe- Killing time#A3465.mpg), it shows an alert "Invalid path: (Hed)pe- Killing time#A3465.mpg"

Does anyone understand my problem and is able to help me???
It isn't very important, but I'm being bored with that stuff...

Thanks for the help,
Kevin

[Racer D]

how bout this

cd ~/.Trash
sudo rm -rf *

("*" means every single file in the trash)

[monktus]

It wasn't working before because the terminal doesn't understand filenames as aqua does. For (Hed)pe- Killing time#A3465.mpg you'd type "("Hed")"pe-\ Killing time#A3465.mpg

[kadoche]

yahaaaaaa, it worked!

Thanks a lot for the help!!!

[snø]

hi,
before i begin...
i have tried:
cd ~/.Trash
sudo rm -rf *
i have also tried force empty in Cocktail...but uhuh

I have an MP3 that i would like to trash, but it won't go. I have tried to move it to the desktop, but it says that i cannot move the file to the desktop because the name is to long. i tried to change the name, but it always goes right back to its original name. it has 2 strange characters in the name. they are not letters, but symbols and i don't know what they are. i have tried to change permission on the file, but that does not work either. i have iCan and tried to kill it with "brutal force" as they say and it does not work...

HELP! pleeeeze. i am not sure, but i think it is slowing things down on my computer...i don't know :roll:

thanks,
snø

[Mike Adams]

[quote=snø]hi,
before i begin...
i have tried:
cd ~/.Trash
sudo rm -rf *
i have also tried force empty in Cocktail...but uhuh

How about obliter8?