[DM-MUG] Can't Delete Items From The Trash

[Martin G Hood]

I just downloaded the latest Apple update and now have 10.4.9 and I  
emptied he trash this morning and all of the files were deleted. It  
must have been an issue with 10.4.8 which is when it started. The  
second drive was not a clone of the first.

Darcy thank you for taking the time to respond to my call for help. I  
will save your response for future reference


Martin


On Mar 13, 2007, at 11:22 PM, Darcy Baston wrote:

> If you've ever used the Terminal application in /applications/ 
> utilities, you could type the following:
>
> lsof | grep "Localized.rsrc"
>
> lsof tells you which files are currently open, and in use.
>
> You'll get plenty of results, because Localized.rsrc is a commonly  
> named file for language text information. Ignore the ones that come  
> up as /Library/System, and look for one that are prefixed  
> by /.Trash or something. That will give you a hint about what  
> program you may have running that's causing problems.
>
> If you boot from another hard drive, and use the finder to click on  
> 'empty trash', you're going to empty the trash of the drive you  
> booted from, and not the one you were first working on. If both  
> drives have a trash that are giving the same message, I'd like to  
> know if one is a clone backup of the other?
>
> You could also try rebooting while holding the SHIFT key down. This  
> will cause OS X to start in a safe mode setting. From the  
> documentation:
>
> ---
> Start up in Safe Mode (Only essential Mac OS X items are started.  
> Some features and applications might not work correctly.)
>
> Hold down the Shift key immediately after the startup tone, and  
> release when you see the progress indicator (looks like a spinning  
> gear).
>
> ---
>
> Maybe this will prevent whatever's using that trash file from  
> startup up, and you can empty the trash.
>
> Hope this helps a little.
>
> Darcy
>
>
>
> On Mar 13, 2007, at 9:55 PM, Martin G Hood wrote:
>
>
> I have a problem an hope that someone can come up with a solution  
> to this problem. I have a Mac Pro and I have about 40 files in the  
> trash that I can not delete. I have tried booting to another hard  
> drive to delete the files and still get the message "Localized.rsrc  
> in use"  and can not delete. I have tried holding down the option  
> key when I empty the trash and booting from another hard drive and  
> still get the same message. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Martin
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