Richard said about removing files [file owner 1058???]\ >> like i said, i tried to build mplayer before and a whole lot of >> problems. so i scrapped all of it and went a different way >> here is the output you asked for.. >> >> -- [root@localhost Trash]# ls -la >> total 24 >> drwx------ 2 jim jim 4096 Dec 28 09:46 . >> drwxr-xr-x 3 jim jim 4096 Jan 6 11:31 .. >> -rw-r--r-- 1 jim jim 1524 Jan 1 12:40 .directory >> [root@localhost Trash]# pwd >> /home/jim/Desktop/Trash >> [root@localhost Trash]# rm * >> rm: cannot lstat `*': No such file or directory >> [root@localhost Trash]# > >This is why I suggested cc'ing your messages to the fedora list (which I >see you've done). You've moved beyond my skill level with this one. :) Jim can try the following in the .Trash directory: rm .* This should remove the .directory entry. A plain * will not remove this entry for some reason. AND HE SHOULD NOT USE rm -rf .*. This will clean out the directory that Trash exists in, including any subdirectories (hope you have a good backup!) -- Sláinte, Richard S. Crawford (AIM: Buffalo2K) http://www.mossroot.com http://www.stonegoose.com/catseyeview "We live as though the world were how it should be, to show it what it can be." --"Angel", Season 4 ep. 1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list James McKenzie A Proud User of Linux!
