UNBELIEVABLE!!!! Thanks Rob, Russ, Harry, and Lee!!
Lee, the last one WORKED! I get excited when I see the impossible work, and even though Terminal is like some dark hole to me I tried this and it did it. Oh, thanks to all, this group is soooo Cool!! John R. On Aug 23, 2006, at 10:23 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Aug 23, 2006, at 10:05 PM, RobK wrote: > >> 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. > > I don't think you want a ~ after the rm command. The command I'd > use is > > sudo rm -rf > > with a space after the -rf. Drag the file to the termainal window > and the full path to the file should appear after the -rf. Hit return. > > This is a powerful command to run as root. Anything can be removed > with it, including important system files. > > | 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>
