[mediahound]

what's the best way to force delete a folder? i seem to have a corrupt
folder (with files in it) that just won't delete. i've tried fooling
with the permissions (they look normal) and also rm'ing it in Terminal
to no avail.

is there an app i can download that might help with this? or, som
other trick? currently, when i put the folder in the trash and try to
empty trash i get an error that the operation cannont be completed
because the folder is in use. but, it's not in use.

[theolein]

rm -rf YourFolder doesn't work? If the filesystem is buggered you can run disk utility to repair it.

[dtriska]

Sometimes the Finder does weird things with the Trash. You could try restarting. That would kill whatever process the Finder thought was using the folder. Also, sometimes holding the option key down when you empty the Trash helps; it forces the Trash empty locked files, etc.

If there is corruption, you'll need to repair that first. Use fsck, or, if need be, DiskWarrior.

[mediahound]

thanks all, i ended up finding out that i had to do:

sudo rm -R foldername

and it worked. i guess sometimes you have to have rights to the directory ABOVE the one you are trying to delete.