file deletion from usb drive??

[John Wendel]

On 12/23/2013 05:52 AM, bruce wrote:
> I tried adding the delete option to Nautilus, as well as running the
> rm command from the cmdline
>
> find . -name "*Booklist.html*" | xargs rm -f
>
> I've tried all of this as root with no results.
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> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> Allegedly, on or about 23 December 2013, bruce sent:
>>> I select a few using the mouse, select the "move to trash" menu item,
>>> and after it says it's moving files to the trash, I do a
>>> refresh/reload, and the files are still there!!
>>>
>>> So, just how do I delete files from the external drive!
>> I dunno about that problem (do you own the files you're trying to
>> delete?), but if you want to delete files, try using a delete command
>> rather than "move to trash, then empty trash."  Have you done the "empty
>> trash" step, too?
>>
>> I always set the option to show an actual delete command in the Nautilus
>> file browser.  If I actually want to delete files, then messing around
>> with the trashcan is a timewaster.
>>
>> --
>> [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
>> Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64
>>
>> All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point
>> trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the
>> public lists.
>>
>> George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not
>> a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments.
>>
>>
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Is your disk mounted read-only ?  Can you make new files on it ?

Regards,

John