Deleting Photos From HD When 'Copy to iPhoto Library' Not Selected

I have followed and searched on this discussion.
How do I physically delete photos from the hard drive if I have told iPhoto NOT to make duplicate copies of my photos that I have organized into folders myself? Even if I delete a photo using Option-Command-Delete and empty the trash the photo is still on my hard drive. Do I have to use a script for this?
Thanks
Danny

The other post says that basically iPhoto is not helpful in this situation - I have to manage everything myself.
Thanks for the response!

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