[ale] Very thin details - Unable to remove files from an Apple

[Passauer, Billy]

Hi Jeff,

I'm not sure if it is related to the error message she gave you, and I haven't seen it too often, but I have run across it a couple of times where a file has the "immutable flag" set.  Which makes it so you can't change/delete the file even if you do have the correct permissions.   The command to change it is chflags.  For more info/examples, see:

  http://osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/AdvancedUnix/ugp2/page2.ws

 ... Billy ...

From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Lightner, Jeff
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 1:11 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: [ale] Very thin details - Unable to remove files from an Apple

My neighbor has an Apple laptop.   Last night she mentioned she'd been trying to delete some files but was getting a message indicating something like they can't be deleted because they're in "the mac"... (mach...? mack...?).    She wants me to look at it this weekend but I know very little about Apple stuff.    Since I haven't seen it yet I don't know the exact message.   Just wondering if this snippet of info means anything to any of you Apple users and if so what I should expect and do when I do see it.

It may be something I can figure out easily once I see it.   The last problem she had was due to a powered off printer.  :-)   Just figured I'd ask ahead of time.

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