By nik mills (Nikmills) (12.253.40.254) on Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 11:18 pm:

I have a bunch of locked files that won't unlock (error type-1) and I hope to throw them out by going into OS 9. But I forget exactly what to do to empty the OSX trash in OS9?

Any help here please?

By Beam Tracer (Beamtracer) (203.109.241.109) on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 12:53 am:

I think it would be better to do it in OS X. There is a command line sequence that will do the trick, but unfortunately I can't remember it. However the OS X tips sites may be able to help you:

http://www.osxfaq.com/

or

http://www.macosxhints.com/

By Darthmole (Darthmole) (212.113.199.253) on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 05:51 am:

First, try running the Disk Utility in Applications/Utilities, to alter your permissions - this might enable you to empty the Trash.

Altenatively, move your stuff out of the OS X trash into a folder in a known location - then boot into OS 9 and ditch the folder. That's what I've had to do before now.

By derek (Marble_Sheep) (150.208.32.8) on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 03:18 pm:

Get BatChmod... it's a front end to the chmod command line utility that changes permissions for stuff. You can drag any folder or file onto the app to alter permissions, or there's even a special button to force-delete the trash. (And no, I'm not the developer... I just like the app ).

Good luck!