Re: Where's the trash?

2011-01-05 Thread Geke
Dear Nestamicky I would like to delete them as no combination of commands can empty my trash can. Apple made that folder invisible exactly to prevent you from doing that! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs -

Re: Where's the trash?

2011-01-04 Thread Stephen E. Bodnar
On 1/3/11 9:04 PM, Dan wrote: At 12:07 AM -0500 1/4/2011, Yersinia wrote: On 1/3/11 10:26 PM, Dan wrote: At 6:52 PM -0800 1/3/2011, Jeffrey Daile Engle wrote: I want to know where the Folder is that holds the trash? is there such thing? And what are you plotting to do to them? In your

Re: Where's the trash?

2011-01-04 Thread Nestamicky
On 03/01/11 8:26 PM, Dan wrote: And what are you plotting to do to them? In your home folder, there's ~/.Trash and up at the root level of the volume is /.Trashes Because the names start with a dot, they're automagically invisible to Finder I would like to delete them as no combination of

Re: Where's the trash?

2011-01-04 Thread Nestamicky
On 03/01/11 11:04 PM, Dan wrote: You spray them with anti-invisible spray! dans-quicksilver:~ dan$ ls -al drwx--6 dan dan 204 Jan 3 22:18 .Trash dans-quicksilver:~ dan$ ls -al / d-wx-wx-wt2 root admin 68 Aug 21 2008 .Trashes You can view their contents with ls

Re: Where's the trash?

2011-01-04 Thread Dan
At 8:10 AM -0700 1/4/2011, Nestamicky wrote: On 03/01/11 8:26 PM, Dan wrote: And what are you plotting to do to them? I would like to delete them as no combination of commands can empty my trash can. Hold down the option key while selecting Empty Trash from the menu. If that doesn't work

Re: Where's the trash?

2011-01-04 Thread Bill Connelly
On Jan 4, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Nestamicky wrote: On 03/01/11 8:26 PM, Dan wrote: And what are you plotting to do to them? In your home folder, there's ~/.Trash and up at the root level of the volume is /.Trashes Because the names start with a dot, they're automagically invisible to

Re: Where's the trash?

2011-01-04 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 3, 2011, at 10:04 PM, Dan wrote: At 12:07 AM -0500 1/4/2011, Yersinia wrote: On 1/3/11 10:26 PM, Dan wrote: At 6:52 PM -0800 1/3/2011, Jeffrey Daile Engle wrote: I want to know where the Folder is that holds the trash? is there such thing? If you have Time Machine just open the

Where's the trash?

2011-01-03 Thread Jeffrey Daile Engle
I want to know where the Folder is that holds the trash? is there such thing? Jeff Jeffrey Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 macgu...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on

Re: Where's the trash?

2011-01-03 Thread Dan
At 6:52 PM -0800 1/3/2011, Jeffrey Daile Engle wrote: I want to know where the Folder is that holds the trash? is there such thing? And what are you plotting to do to them? In your home folder, there's ~/.Trash and up at the root level of the volume is /.Trashes Because the names start

Re: Where's the trash?

2011-01-03 Thread Barney Guzzo
Believe it is an invisible folder in your home folder. On Jan 3, 2011 9:52 PM, Jeffrey Daile Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: I want to know where the Folder is that holds the trash? is there such thing? Jeff Jeffrey Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 macgu...@gmail.com -- You received this

Re: Where's the trash?

2011-01-03 Thread Yersinia
On 1/3/11 10:26 PM, Dan wrote: At 6:52 PM -0800 1/3/2011, Jeffrey Daile Engle wrote: I want to know where the Folder is that holds the trash? is there such thing? And what are you plotting to do to them? In your home folder, there's ~/.Trash and up at the root level of the volume is

Re: Where's the trash?

2011-01-03 Thread Baldassare Guzzo
I think there are programs that allow you to see the invisible files. Also you can use the command line interface to see them. I THINK the idea was so that users did not mess around with certain files unless you know what you are doing. I remember reading something a few years ago that

Re: Where's the trash?

2011-01-03 Thread Dan
At 12:07 AM -0500 1/4/2011, Yersinia wrote: On 1/3/11 10:26 PM, Dan wrote: At 6:52 PM -0800 1/3/2011, Jeffrey Daile Engle wrote: I want to know where the Folder is that holds the trash? is there such thing? And what are you plotting to do to them? In your home folder, there's ~/.Trash and