Hi there,
I'm having issues deleting a couple of useless unix executable files and their folders on a mounted volume. Here is the file structure:
folder 1
>Unix file 1
>folder 2
>>Unix file 2
When I drag any of these to the trash, I get the "cannot delete because item is in use" error. Sometimes the files will delete, but then immediately reappear in finder. Other times the files disappear when I do so much as click on them in finder, only to reappear later. It's like having a folder full of poltergeists.
I browsed around for a while looking for possible solutions to this and have tried tons of variations of "rm" and "rmdir" on finder, including "rm -rf"; all I get is endless "directory not empty" messages. I have used "ls -la" and I know there are hidden files in both of the folders, but I can't seem to force them to deleted. Any ideas?
I'm having issues deleting a couple of useless unix executable files and their folders on a mounted volume. Here is the file structure:
folder 1
>Unix file 1
>folder 2
>>Unix file 2
When I drag any of these to the trash, I get the "cannot delete because item is in use" error. Sometimes the files will delete, but then immediately reappear in finder. Other times the files disappear when I do so much as click on them in finder, only to reappear later. It's like having a folder full of poltergeists.
I browsed around for a while looking for possible solutions to this and have tried tons of variations of "rm" and "rmdir" on finder, including "rm -rf"; all I get is endless "directory not empty" messages. I have used "ls -la" and I know there are hidden files in both of the folders, but I can't seem to force them to deleted. Any ideas?