Files are on a LaCie terrabyte external drive.
The folder icon for the files looks strange, it has a little square in the lower left. I would like to know what that means for starters.
I own the files in question so I should be able to delete them using rm
but it won't do it. It won't even do it with sudo
I should add these files were copied onto here from a windows box. Are they "locked" in some way other than unix file perms and if so how do I unlock them?
The folder icon for the files looks strange, it has a little square in the lower left. I would like to know what that means for starters.
I own the files in question so I should be able to delete them using rm
but it won't do it. It won't even do it with sudo
Code:
rm hpothb07.*
rm: hpothb07.dat: Operation not permitted
rm: hpothb07.tif: Operation not permitted
mac3:My Pictures tpdick$ sudo rm hpothb07.*
Password:
rm: hpothb07.dat: Operation not permitted
rm: hpothb07.tif: Operation not permitted
mac3:My Pictures tpdick$ rm Thumbs.db
rm: Thumbs.db: Operation not permitted
mac3:My Pictures tpdick$ sudo chmod 777 hpothb07.*
Password:
mac3:My Pictures tpdick$ ls -al hpothb07.*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 tpdick tpdick 387 May 3 2004 hpothb07.dat
-rwxrwxrwx 1 tpdick tpdick 37496 May 3 2004 hpothb07.tif
mac3:My Pictures tpdick$ rm hpothb07.*
rm: hpothb07.dat: Operation not permitted
rm: hpothb07.tif: Operation not permitted
mac3:My Pictures tpdick$ sudo rm hpothb07.*
Password:
rm: hpothb07.dat: Operation not permitted
rm: hpothb07.tif: Operation not permitted
I should add these files were copied onto here from a windows box. Are they "locked" in some way other than unix file perms and if so how do I unlock them?
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