FULL DISK wont launch finder

problem:
copying files on computer led to filling disk (till capped) and now will not launch finder. tried to delete files through single-user-mode but read-only error occurs
story:
DISK FULL dialog box pops up, while deleting (dragging and dropping into trash) large files into trash from logs folder in library the computer freezes slightly and drops files onto desktop (missing the trashcan). files copy until disk is absolutely full while computer is frozen. dead
Looking for:
best way to delete files without finder

nevermind! didnt realize you could delete files through target disk mode, all fixed

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Finally, besides the Backup app included with the OS, is there another tool/script I should be using to do a full system backup to my external drive?
thanks....and please scale the technical level of your answer to someone who programs in assembly language for fun. :}

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Sep 7 16:22:14 Bento-iMac com.apple.backupd[56515]: Starting standard backup
Sep 7 16:22:14 Bento-iMac com.apple.backupd[56515]: Backing up to: /Volumes/My Backup Disk/Backups.backupdb
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Sep 7 16:25:53 Bento-iMac com.apple.backupd[56515]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 100.0 MB requested (including padding), 108.4 MB available
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Sep 7 16:25:58 Bento-iMac KernelEventAgent[47]: tid 00000000 type 'hfs', mounted on '/Volumes/My Backup Disk', from '/dev/disk1s3', low disk
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Sep 7 16:26:00 Bento-iMac KernelEventAgent[47]: tid 00000000 type 'hfs', mounted on '/Volumes/My Backup Disk', from '/dev/disk1s3', low disk, very low disk
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Sep 7 16:26:02 Bento-iMac mds[45]: (Normal) DiskStore: Rebuilding index for /Volumes/My Backup Disk/Backups.backupdb
Sep 7 16:26:04 Bento-iMac mds[45]: (Normal) DiskStore: Creating index for /Volumes/My Backup Disk/Backups.backupdb
Sep 7 16:26:14 Bento-iMac com.apple.backupd[56515]: Error: Flushing index to disk returned an error: 0
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Sep 7 16:26:15 Bento-iMac com.apple.backupd[56515]: Backup canceled.
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Sep 7 17:28:40 Bento-iMac com.apple.backupd[58064]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
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