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Use OS 9 to delete huge files that OS X won't delete
Authored by: jps3 on Mar 16, '04 02:22:52PM

Might it have had a file flag set, like "uchg" or "sappnd" or "uappnd" (see man chflags)? A log file might have been set for one or more...

% ls -lo # -o shows the flags
-rw-r--r-- 1 jps3 wheel uchg 0 Mar 16 14:19 foo

% rm -f foo
rm: foo: Operation not permitted

% chflags nouchg foo

% ls -lo
-rw-r--r-- 1 jps3 wheel 0 Mar 16 14:19 foo

% rm -f foo
%



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locked file?
Authored by: sjk on Mar 16, '04 03:03:38PM
Yep, it sounds like the file was locked. Thanks for mentioning "ls -o"; I forgot that in the file permissions and flags post I wrote yesterday.

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