John, I think I found what I've been looking for. Open Terminal.
Open the trash so you can see the file. In Terminal, type the following: sudo rm ~ There's a space after the tilde "~". Then drag the file from the Trash to the Terminal window so it's path shows up after the tilde. Hit return. I think it will ask for your Administrator password. Type it in. You won't see anything as you type. Hit return and with a little luck, the file is gone. rob Profile wrote: > Thanks again, > > I have tried many of these, to no avail. If I try to move the files > out of trash, it just makes copies of the file and the original is > still in the trash, now I have many files in the trash as I have > needed to move the ones from the desktop back into the trash. This > is getting ridiculous. > > I went to VersionTracker, under force empty trash it comes up with > Cocktail (which I already have), and sure enough it has a tab to > force empty the trash, doesn't work. I will now download the program > "Force Empty Trash", but I am not getting excited. This is unreal, > the file (which says it is a sample bar code font) is not in use by > anything, I can't even find the font on the system other than in the > trash, so if it is in use then I can't trash it. > > I have been using these great machines since the 80's and I have > never had anything like it. The old program that this font was > associated with was an OS 9 program, but I had not used the program > in years, I had even forgotten about it. > > I'll keep trying, thanks to all. > > John R. > > > On Aug 23, 2006, at 6:15 AM, RobK wrote: > >> John, try these: >> >> Is the file locked? Get Info on the file and make sure the locked >> flag isn't set. >> >> Rename the file to something simple like: JUNK then try to trash it. >> Apple Support suggests that the name of the host volume not contain >> any special ASCII characters. >> >> Move the file out of the trash and use Disk Utility to repair >> permissions. Then try to trash it. >> >> If that doesn't work, you'll need to do it from Terminal, but I >> can't remember the commands. >> >> Apple has some other suggestions here: http://docs.info.apple.com/ >> article.html?artnum=106272 >> >> Profile wrote: >> >>> I need help trying to empty the trash. In making a copy of some >>> files I found that I couldn't copy them to the firewire drive, >>> saying that "code3dig" was busy. I had no idea what that was, so >>> to find out I made a copy of the entire folder, then put the >>> original in the trash and emptied. Ahhhh, I couldn't empty >>> several of the files, "code3dig" was busy. >>> >>> It seems that an old forms design program "Informed" (That I have >>> not used in years) has a font by the name of code3Dig that is in >>> the Sample Bar Code Fonts. Now this has never appeared before, I >>> have made copies of that folder forever but now somehow this bar >>> code font is active. >>> >>> I have tried everything I can think of to empty the trash. I have >>> completely gotten rid of all the Informed folders, backup folders, >>> etc. and according to Spotlight the only "Informed" items on the >>> machine are in the trash, but I can't empty. Years ago you could >>> hold down on a key combination and start with just the bare >>> extensions, and often this would allow you to do what was needed, >>> but I don't know how to either "quit" the font, or override the >>> stopping of the emptying. >>> >>> Any help on how to do this would sure be appreciated, many thanks. >>> >>> John R. >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be August 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >>> | 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 August 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >> | 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 August 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | 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 August 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | 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>
