inProgress file stuck in Trash

[jgelin]

Hello all
I am having quite some trouble emptying the Trash from my iMac. I deleted an inProgress file from a hungup time machine backup and now it is stuck in the trashcan.
I have followed these steps here: http://pondini.org/TM/E6.html but to no avail, and the file still persists.
When I run the command in the above site, I get some directories listed after it is run saying that each listed directory is not empty?
What should I do?
Would Verifying/Repairing the disk help?
Thank you!

 

[richard2]

Try the following:

1. Open Terminal,
2. Enter the following:
   
   shopt -s dotglob; sudo chflags -R noschg,nouchg ~/.Trash/* && sudo rm -Rf ~/.Trash/*

The correct way of deleting Time Machine backups is to execute "sudo tmutil delete <Path>".

 

[jgelin]

shopt -s dotglob; sudo chflags -R noschg,nouchg ~/.Trash/* && sudo rm -Rf ~/.Trash/*

And using this command will leave my other files intact? just making sure as this contains lots of commands that I am unfamiliar with.
[doublepost=1463539241][/doublepost]

Try the following:

1. Open Terminal,
2. Enter the following:
   
   shopt -s dotglob; sudo chflags -Rh noschg,nouchg ~/.Trash/* && sudo rm -Rf ~/.Trash/*

The correct way of deleting Time Machine backups is to execute "sudo tmutil delete <Path>".

And here is the output when running this command:

 

[richard2]

shopt -s dotglob;

Make the wildcard character "*" match files with names that begin with a dot. (This probably isn't necessary, but it won't cause any harm.) The semicolon means "then execute the following command".

sudo chflags -R noschg,nouchg ~/.Trash/* &&

Remove the system immutable and user immutable flags from all of the files in the folder ~/.Trash. The double-ampersand means "if the previous command was executed successfully, then execute the following command".

sudo rm -Rf ~/.Trash/*

Forcefully and recursively delete all of the files in the folder ~/.Trash.

And here is the output when running this command:

Oops! I've corrected the command in my original post.

 

[jgelin]

sudo chflags -Rh noschg,nouchg ~/.Trash/* &&

It is here where it seems to be having issue, the -R and -h cannot be combined into an -rh, do advise, see screenshot.

And you are AMAZING for breaking it down like that to explain what will happen step by step!!

 

[richard2]

Er, actually, the following is the correct procedure:

1. Open Terminal.
2. Type the following:
   
   sudo chflags -R noschg,nouchg
3. Type a space.
4. Drop the folder you wish to delete onto the Terminal window.
5. In Terminal, press return.