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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: El Capitan - Secure Delete Trash Option gone?
Date: 10 Oct 2015 02:15:13 GMT
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On 2015-10-09, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2015-10-09 16:50:55 +0000, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> said:
>> On 2015-10-09, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I just wanted to trash a font... and the ordinary "Empty Trash" would
>>> yield an error that the font file was in use - even when it wasn't even
>>> installed.
>>> 
>>> The secure delete seemed to do the trick.   I think Option + Empty
>>> Trash might work, though...
>> 
>> sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/filename works.
>
> I worked with a guy who wanted to show me how much better things were 
> in Windows because he could use the command line...
>
> To show me, he made a folder, and named it "System" - and then 
> illustrated how easy it was to delete it from the command line.  That  
> promptly deleted the Windows System folder, making the machine into a 
> very expensive paperweight.
>
> It's the one time that I actually almost pissed myself laughing.

To be a fly on that wall! : D

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