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Use OS 9 to delete huge files that OS X won't delete
Authored by: EddEdmondson on Mar 16, '04 01:21:04PM
Open Terminal.app. Create an 8G+ file:
box:~ edd$ dd ibs=1024 count=8400000 if=/dev/zero of=./8gigs

Check it's there:
box:~ edd$ ls -hl
...
-rw-r--r--   1 edd  edd          8G 16 Mar 18:18 8gigs

Delete it:

box:~ edd$ rm 8gigs 
remove 8gigs? y
box:~ edd$ 

Check it's gone:
box:~ edd$ ls

- not there.

Good job this worked. No OS9 on this machine! Something else is causing the original poster's problems. (Running 10.3.3)

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Use OS 9 to delete huge files that OS X won't delete
Authored by: uurf on Mar 16, '04 02:57:44PM

I had no trouble deleting the file created above from the Finder either.



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