Re: How do I delete a file in Mate?

John,

Yes, but potentially the problem is more complicated than that.

Select the file with your mouse, right click, select Delete. If you hold down SHIFT key it will delete immediately. I thought you said this wasn't working.

I've given you the best and complete answer. Go use Google and find an answer more to your liking.

My answer would have taken you moments to fix.

Try using midnight commander in terminal, launch with command mc.

If not installed, install it. It has all the power of the command line but in a graphical text interface.

Regards,

David

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020, 11:11 John J. Boyer <john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org> wrote:

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
> >
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> > services
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> >
> >
> >

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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