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

[Darcy Baston]

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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