Cannot delete deleted userfiles!?!

Line · 04-12-2002, 05:31 AM

Hi everybody - got my Imac yesterday, and since I´m admin, I set up a new user profile for my boyfriend. We then agreed it was not necesary bla, bla...and I wanted to delete it again - but what did I do wrong? I went to user preferences and deleted the new user, and it was then given "back to me" and I now have and irritating folder that says "adrian deleted". I then tried to create a new user, just to see what I did wrong before ( I´m sometimes stupidly persistent) and this time I "gave it back" to the system...
Another irritating folder, that I now cannot even empty.
I am very new to Mac os x - just transferred from Windows - so Pleeeeease bear with me and give us a hand here!

Line

sao · 04-12-2002, 07:35 AM

Line,

Ok, open the terminal.app and type:

sudo rm -rfi /Users/"username Deleted"/

rm will ask you to confirm you want to delete the file.

If you agree, then it's gone.

Be very careful with the command 'rm', it's very powerful, and if you make a mistake with "username Deleted" and you put your user name instead, you will lose all your files.

Just pay attention and it will be fine.

Cheers...

eriklager · 04-12-2002, 07:46 AM

Open Terminal in /Applications/Utilities and type the following line:

Code:

sudo rm -r "/Users/adrian deleted"

When you press enter it will prompt for your password and delete the folder "adrian deleted".

sudo issues a command as the super user, rm is the remove command, the -r flag is required to delete a folder which is not empty.

Erik

04-12-2002, 05:31 AM	#1
Line Prospect Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22	Cannot delete deleted userfiles!?! Hi everybody - got my Imac yesterday, and since I´m admin, I set up a new user profile for my boyfriend. We then agreed it was not necesary bla, bla...and I wanted to delete it again - but what did I do wrong? I went to user preferences and deleted the new user, and it was then given "back to me" and I now have and irritating folder that says "adrian deleted". I then tried to create a new user, just to see what I did wrong before ( I´m sometimes stupidly persistent) and this time I "gave it back" to the system... Another irritating folder, that I now cannot even empty. I am very new to Mac os x - just transferred from Windows - so Pleeeeease bear with me and give us a hand here! Line

04-12-2002, 07:35 AM	#2
sao Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 4,237	Line, Ok, open the terminal.app and type: sudo rm -rfi /Users/"username Deleted"/ rm will ask you to confirm you want to delete the file. If you agree, then it's gone. Be very careful with the command 'rm', it's very powerful, and if you make a mistake with "username Deleted" and you put your user name instead, you will lose all your files. Just pay attention and it will be fine. Cheers... Last edited by sao; 04-12-2002 at 08:15 AM.

04-12-2002, 07:46 AM	#3
eriklager Triple-A Player Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 122	Open Terminal in /Applications/Utilities and type the following line: Code: sudo rm -r "/Users/adrian deleted" When you press enter it will prompt for your password and delete the folder "adrian deleted". sudo issues a command as the super user, rm is the remove command, the -r flag is required to delete a folder which is not empty. Erik Last edited by eriklager; 04-12-2002 at 07:51 AM.