Thanks for sticking up for me... Actually i was using os 9.2 when i deleted the
files... I have been using the classic os for so long i have stopped reading
messages long ago... My spaceyness... =] In any case it is an abnormally large
amount of locked files... No...??
Thanks of the sentiment in any case... Seems some still care a little... JK...
Happy Poving... =]

Jerry wrote:

> In article <3c6ae159@news.povray.org>,
>  "Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
>
> >In article <3C6### [at] earthlinknet> , Ryan Mooney <rdm### [at] earthlinknet>
> >wrote:
> >> are over 200 files that are locked... =[ I have to go through them all
> >> one by one and unlock them before i can trash them... =[
> >Well, if you are unable to follow the very simple instructions the Finder will
> >present to you in a modal alert box, I am sorry.  The ability to read
> >instructions shown on screen is still required to use a computer:
> >
> >"The Trash cannot be emptied because all of the items in it (other than
> >folders) are locked. To delete locked items, hold down the Option key while
> >you choose Empty Trash."
> >
> >Not to mention this tip can also be found *easily* in the Finder help, on the
> >internet and in many Mac magazines.
>
> According to his headers, he is using OS X. This tip doesn't work in OS
> X, nor does he receive that error message in OS X. OS X simply gives him
> the option to stop the empty request or to continue emptying the trash
> without emptying it of the offending file (and OS X's trash will
> continue to ask him that question for every locked file in the trash).
>
> It is possible to select multiple files in OS X 10.1.2, do a get info,
> and unlock them all at once, but this tip is not so easy to find, and
> anyone who ran into this problem in OS X 10.0 will not realize that the
> feature has since been added. (In OS X 10.0, the 'Lock file" checkbox is
> greyed out if multiple items have been selected.)
>
> OS X's trash doesn't deal with locked files very well yet. It doesn't
> allow ignoring locked files and not presenting a dialog for every single
> one; it doesn't allow ignoring the lock attribute and deleting them
> anyway; and it doesn't inform the user of a means of allowing the trash
> to empty those files.
>
> Jerry
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