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summercomfort) wrote2005-12-03 04:26 am
summercomfort) wrote2005-12-03 04:26 am
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okay,
so using Terminal, I accessed my Desktop directory and was able to delete all the stuff copied over from Downloads... except for the problem child, Kino. I also moved all my other Desktop stuff into a folder called Desktop-safe-stuff.
So why can't I remove Kino?
When I type file *, Kino shows up as:
Problem here is that I'd type: file *
It'd show up as: [KAA]_Kinos_Travels.1-13.DVD(complete): directory
When I type ls
It'd show up as [KAA]_Kino??s_Travels.1-13.DVD(complete)
But when I try to remove it: rm -r [KAA]_Kino??s_Travels.1-13.DVD\(complete\), I get a "no such file or directory" so it's like, there, but not there?
So I'm wondering if I can move all the important desktop stuff to a "Desktop2" folder, delete the Desktop folder, and then rename Desktop2 to Desktop?
So I've created the Desktop2 folder and moved my Desktop-safe-stuff directory over. But there's all this other stuff in the Desktop, which appear to be a duplicate of whatever's in the root directory.
Applications: directory
Network: directory
usr: directory
Attempting to copy it to Desktop2 seems moot. (I mostly get "permission denied" for Network and "no such file or directory" for usr)
Does this mean that:
- deleting and renaming the Desktop is foolish b/c it's got so much at stake,
OR
- these things replace themselves when I do the renaming and restarting?
Hmm... it seems as if if I do want to delete Desktop (not that I've seriously tried), it'll start asking me if I want to over-ride the read-only lock on the applications.
Maybe I need to stop mucking around and get someone to fix it or something.
so using Terminal, I accessed my Desktop directory and was able to delete all the stuff copied over from Downloads... except for the problem child, Kino. I also moved all my other Desktop stuff into a folder called Desktop-safe-stuff.
So why can't I remove Kino?
When I type file *, Kino shows up as:
Problem here is that I'd type: file *
It'd show up as: [KAA]_Kinos_Travels.1-13.DVD(complete): directory
When I type ls
It'd show up as [KAA]_Kino??s_Travels.1-13.DVD(complete)
But when I try to remove it: rm -r [KAA]_Kino??s_Travels.1-13.DVD\(complete\), I get a "no such file or directory" so it's like, there, but not there?
So I'm wondering if I can move all the important desktop stuff to a "Desktop2" folder, delete the Desktop folder, and then rename Desktop2 to Desktop?
So I've created the Desktop2 folder and moved my Desktop-safe-stuff directory over. But there's all this other stuff in the Desktop, which appear to be a duplicate of whatever's in the root directory.
Applications: directory
Network: directory
usr: directory
Attempting to copy it to Desktop2 seems moot. (I mostly get "permission denied" for Network and "no such file or directory" for usr)
Does this mean that:
- deleting and renaming the Desktop is foolish b/c it's got so much at stake,
OR
- these things replace themselves when I do the renaming and restarting?
Hmm... it seems as if if I do want to delete Desktop (not that I've seriously tried), it'll start asking me if I want to over-ride the read-only lock on the applications.
Maybe I need to stop mucking around and get someone to fix it or something.