> If you're absolutely sure that they are not needed, use a 'sudo rm - 
> rf' on the parent directory in Terminal. The sudo portion says to do  
> it with super user privileges and as such, it will ask for your admin  
> password to continue. Make sure that you are specifying the correct  
> folder after the '-rf' as this is a no-holds-barred, destructive  
> command and will remove everything inside the specified directory.

Thanks Dylan,

I typed in the command, dragged the folder to the termainal and this is what I
got:

rm: -: No such file or directory
rm: rf: No such file or directory
rm: /Volumes/Xtra/.Trashes/501/lLVI82z2j8AfYG: is a directory

Everything is still in the trash.

Did I do something wrong?

Eric in Phoenix

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