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A relatively safe method of deleting trashed locked files
Authored by: ether on Aug 24, '06 11:09:43AM
In Terminal, type sudo rm -rf[space]. Don't type [space] literally; just press the space bar on the keyboard. Do not press Return.
If you type the above literally, including the period, you are in danger of deleting your current directory as well as what's in the trash. You want to type:
sudo rm -rf
followed by a space, then the drag.

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