Re: How do I delete a file in Mate?

["John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org>]

What I want to know is how I can delete a file within caja. Does Mate have the equivalent of the Recycle Bin?

Thanks,
John

On Sat, Jun 06, 2020 at 09:03:53AM -0400, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> Are you the owner of the file? If it's not your file you cannot delete it.
> 
> If that's the case open terminal and ls -l to see who owns the file and
> which group. See if the owner had write permission on the file. If not you
> have to chmod 644 the file with the root account to give owner read and
> write permission.
> 
> sudo chmod 644 "file name"
> 
> Where  "file name" is the actual file name but no quotation marks.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> David
> 
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2020, 08:53 John J. Boyer <john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I can select a file in caja, but when I press the delete key nothing
> > happens. What works?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> > --
> > John J. Boyer
> > Email: john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org
> > website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org
> > Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses  live.
> > Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
> > Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM
> > services
> >         that are available at no cost
> >
> >
> >

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John J. Boyer
Email: john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org
website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org
Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses  live.
Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM services 
        that are available at no cost