Cannot remove Transmission 7487 Update from trash!

[littlecurvieme]

I upgraded (as per Transmission's suggestion) to 1.42, and followed the instructions for installation. Very simple, never had an issues before, right? Wrong! I noticed there was something in my trash, so went to empty it, but I get this error message:

The operation cannot be completed because the item ".HFS+ Private Directory Data" is locked.

The file is now listed as: Trash/Recovered Files/Transmission 7487 Update/9F0B1A8B-14CD-4008-B142-2F1B1A833655-269-000000338BF02415

Please help! How can I get this out of my trash? And if it matters, my new version of Transmission runs just fine. The only issue is just that I want this old file gone.

TIA!

[roadsnake]

I got the same problem and I managed to get rid of it using command: sudo rm -r filename

[combia1]

Exact same problem here, only the sudo command does not work.

The only thing in my trash is an empty folder with no files in it. I searched for invisible files and found nothing.

[combia1]

I found a solution. Although "Secure Empty Trash" didn't work, I held down the Option key and selected "Empty Trash" from the finder menu. That did the trick. Holding down the Option key lets you delete locked files.

Still strange though.

[TheHui]

go to your ./Trash directory then:

sudo rm -rf foldername

This works fine for me. I got it from:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=202042

Originally from:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys ... 3Dwg&pli=1

Hope it works for anyone who has the same problem. Be sure you enter it in the ./Trash! Don't delete your other folders... Deleting things from the command line in UNIX environment is quite risky.

[TheHui]

[combia1]... haven't tried that yet. I should have tried it before I deleted it! Good to know that though : )