[voodoo]

I downloaded this file to my HD just now and its name came out wrong, so I was going to fix it. I type a new name, hit enter and I get a error -43 from Finder.

I try to throw it away, but I get an error saying that this item could not be put in the trash because the item was not found.

I try to make a duplicate item (cmd-D) of the file in question, and it works, but the new file is 0 KB, instead of 2.7 like the original claims to be.

QuickTime doesn't want to open it (it is an mp3) and neither will iTunes.

Can I delete this file somehow? Thanks.

[SMacTech]

Try using RM in terminal and drag the file to the terminal window.

[voodoo]

If I drag the file to the Terminal window it just slides back. I can't get the path. I tried with a normal file and I get a path.

Darnit.

Also this file shows up in

ls
ls -a

but not

ls -l

[voodoo]

I have a stupid file called "Brunali흪�- ȧ Er ￠Lei흢�i.mp3" on my desktop, that I cannot move, rename or delete.

I always get a error -43 when I try anything with it. Has anyone seen anything like this before?

(I am using 10.2.4 on a 600 MHz iBook)

[voodoo]

Seems like Direct Connect is replacing Icelandic letters with Chinese (or something) and something goes south.

[voodoo]

Aha! Now I have 2 (two) crapped up files sitting on my Desktop being a nusance. They contain no information, they do not really exist, but still I see them.

<if voodoo were in Texas, he'd buy a gun now>

[MM-o4]

gte 'X-ray' from versiontracker.com. It is the ish for trashing the untrashable. Helped me out many a time
Hope that helps ya.

MM-o4

[voodoo]

Thank you for pointing out XRay to me. I have been looking for an app like that.

*However* it could not touch these files. It simply wouldn't open them They were greyed out in the XRay file selector. Go figure.

I saw in "get info" in the Finder that the owner is System. I tried to change that (I am tha admin), but I got an error -2 when I applied that change.

The Finder still thinks that the files exist, and yet they don't really, since making a duplicate of them gives a 0KB file.

This is so frustrating.

*** A word of warning people ***

Don't use Direct Connect to download files that contain Unicode letters in their filenames. Shait may happen if you do.

[voodoo]

*bump*

What? Not happy with just a bump? Hm, ok.

For clicking the thread I'll tell you a joke.

***
Two dyslexics are in a kitchen. One says to the other:
"Can you smell gas?"
"Smell gas?" the other says, "I can't even smell my own name!"
***

So. Nobody? UNIX experts? OS X Pros? Windows fanatics? (At least you make me laugh..)

[SMacTech]

Have you tried using Pathfinder to delete them? I doubt that it will, but just a try. It has done things for me that the Finder couldn't handle. You have to wonder how the OS saved the file in the first place.

[sniffer]

Sounds very much like something is corrupted. Tried Disk Utility, or the command line disk utility?

[voodoo]

Originally posted by sniffer:
Sounds very much like something is corrupted. Tried Disk Utility, or the command line disk utility?

Good call. I haven't had the chance to do it yet, but it is on the top of my list now.

At the bottom of it is a complete backup, reformat and restore.

But it's a short list :/

SMacTech: I have tried many ways to approach these files, but they don't seem to have a path, size or existance.

[Developer]

Originally posted by voodoo:
Seems like Direct Connect is replacing Icelandic letters with Chinese (or something) and something goes south.

Try the file name encoding repair utility.

http://docs.info.apple.com./article.html?artnum=86182

[CharlesS]

No one's suggested DiskWarrior yet?

Ok, I'll do it... try running DiskWarrior on the drive.