Try this: Are there locked files (or files that do not belong to you such as a system file) inside of the folder? That can cause you to not be able to delete things.
From the Get Info box: (OS 10.3.x version) Click the Details triangle, the owner may have a lock on it. Open the lock and set owner to be you (with read and write permissions) the group to be staff (with the same permissions) and the Others to the same permissions. Then toss it in the trash and delete. Or Start Terminal. cd /Desktop (hit the return key) ls -la (that is: elle ess space dash elle a) (hit the return key) look for the folder in the listing and see if you really are the owner. Assuming you are: sudo chmod 0777 foldername (hit the return key you will be asked for your admin password) sudo rm -rf foldername (that is: ar em dash are f) (hit the return key) If you get a warning that a file must be deleted before the folder can be deleted, then a file inside is causing the problem. IF so, then do the following: cd foldername (hit the return key) sudo chmod 0777 filename (hit the return key) sudo rm -rf filename (hit the return key) Repeat for any nested folders and files until they are cleaned out. cd .. (dot dot) (hit the return key) rm -rf foldername (hit the return key) backtrack until you delete the main folder. Or If it still will not delete, hit versiontracker.com/macosx and do a search for trash. It should turn up quite a list of supercharged trash emptiers. Some that work well include: BatChmod 1.3.2 Tash Locked files 1.0b1 TrashIt etc. On Apr 09, 2004, at 9:36 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > I posted this before, but never received an answer. I'll try again. > > I have a locked folder on my OS X (10.3.3) Desktop that I cannot > unlock. I have tried doing a "Get Info" on the folder. It shows that I > have read and write permission on this folder, yet the checkbox for > "locked" is checked and grayed out. I cannot get it to ungray. > > Can anyone give me some magic UnixSpeak that I can do in the Terminal > to get rid of this thing? > > Dan > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
