trash problems

[question fear]

So, out of curiousity i downloaded the descriptive pdf on the riaa amnesty...now when i try to trash the file it tells me the file is still in use. i've closed preview, theres no other files running...how on earth do i get the file off my computer? it wouldnt bother me so much if it wasnt for the riaa...i know, its weird. but still.
any suggestions would be appreciate.d
--carly

 

[FredAkbar]

I'm sure the problem would go away if you logged out or restarted, but in case you don't want to...

Open Terminal. Type:
rm ~/.Trash/filename

Where filename is the name of the file...and I'm assuming that you have already trashed it, and it just won't let you empty the trash.

 

[question fear]

thanks.
I ended up restarting....i forgot about the terminal command. I'm learning unix slowly, and soemtimes having trouble connecting playing around to actually chanigng something :-D
anyhow, thanks again. mostly was concerned the riaa was tracing me or someting equally weird, due to the nature of the pdf. i know, im paranoid.
--carly