How to empty the file in the trash????

i could not empty the file in the trash suddenly...... every time i try to empty the files in the trash, it says that some files have been locked, but i fact those locked file are not in the trash. I really have no idea how to empty the trash now.....

Hi
The app Leopard Cache Cleaner has a command which will sort this out. Download from http://www.northernsoftworks.com/leopardcachecleaner.html
It's shareware but will work in demo mode for a long time - certainly long enough to sort out this problem.
Bob

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Things must be different in 10.8.2
Thanks for your help.

Note on #3, that's not what you want to do. In fact, that's a REALLY BAD IDEA as you're deleting the trash itself. Often when you do that, you can no longer move anything to the trash, because the trash folder itself doesn't exist.
I would open a terminal window and type this:
cd ~/.Trash
(note if that doesn't work, you have a problem as you don't HAVE a trash).
rm -rf ./*
YOU NEED TO PASTE THAT OR TYPE IT EXTREMELY CAREFULLY. It will delete everything in the current folder, which will be the .Trash folder if the previous command completed.
You can try sudo rm -rf ./* as well from the same folder, subject to the same precautions.
Also note: If you have stubborn files, it may be because a process is hanging onto them. I'd actually suggest rebooting first, and then trying to just empty the trash.
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PS: when you look into the menu bar commands by mouse, you may note
there are keyboard shortcuts to perform the same tasks; such as they are.
*Edit> Select all* = uses 'Command + A' keys to do this, without mouse/menu.
And, it can be done quickly by keyboard. +(this will select all, for the next step)+
You would have to select the folder to be edited; yet there also are other key
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• Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts:
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one .PDF in each, about each of the purposed folders. I haven't deleted mine yet.
{And I've added another folder into the dock near the Trash for my own alias items
and the original is on the hard disk drive (one user) or could be put into an account
folder so it would not have permissions or privilege issues with a second account.}
I'd thought about those 'keyboard symbols' after the first posting; but,
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UpdateList(temp_tn);
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max_percentage = percentage;
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the files in the root directory. Only in the sub nodes.
I will see the files inside hello and stats but i need also to see the files in the root directory.
1. How can i get and list/display the files of the root directory ?
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Risa no.
What i mean is this. This is a screenshot of my ftp server at my host(ipage.com).
Now this is a screenshot of my program and you can see that in my program i have only the directories hello stats test but i don't have the files in the root: htaccess.config swp txt 1.txt 2.png....all this files i don't have it on my treeView.
What i want it to be is that on my program on the treeView i will also display the files like in my ftp server.
I see in my program only the directories and the files in the directories but i don't see the files on the root directory/node.
I need it to be like in my ftp server i need to see in my program the htaccess 1.txt 2.png and so on.
So what i wrote in my main question is that in the var files i see this files of the root directory i just don't know to add and display them in my treeView(my treeView is treeViewMS1).
I know i checked in my program in the method CreateDirectoryNode i see in the first iteration of the recursive that var files contain this root files i just dont know how to add and display them in my treeView.
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