Deleting broken sit file....

[Morpheus]

I was downloading Warbirds III for my lil bro and no theres a broken sit file on my desktop. I unsitted the first one and i have Warbirds but that broken sit file doesnt want to be thrown away or moved....HELP!! it says this when i try to move or throw away
"The item "WarBirds III" Full is being used by another task right now (Other task include moving, copying, or emptying trash.)

Try again when the other task is complete"

The funny thing is there is no toher task....is there something in the terminal i can do to get this thing out of here? HELP!!!

[Mikey-San]

Sure is.

First, though, log out and back in. If you still can't delete the file, hop into Terminal and type:

sudo rm "/path/to/file"

E.g.,

sudo rm "/Users/mikey/Desktop/Warbirds 3 demo.sit"

When it asks for a password, enter your adminstrator password. For an explanation of the "sudo" command, type:

man sudo

Essentially, it allows you to execute a command as the superuser (in this case, rm).


-/-
Mikey-San

[Morpheus]

Thanks Man....
I really love OSX and lerning the backbone to it all from my uncle..
Does it help at all to get a UNIX book? I want to learn as much as possible.
I knew what sudo meant bt i just wasint thinking of it . Thanks again

I did know more in OS9 a lot more but we all did didint we? lol