Re: hidden files access???

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On December 15, 2003 01:17 pm, Prof Goofy wrote:
> <P>
> I installed Yahoo Messenger on my Redhat 9 system. For some strange reason
> it didn't work with root, but worked with the ordinary user. So i
> uninstalled it and tried to reinstall it. But this time, after
> installation, the configuration page was not opening. Doubting that there
> might be a couple of old files still lurking around, i uninstalled it
> again, and then performed a search. It yeilded 6 files still remaining:<BR>
> /usr/bin/ymessenger.local<BR>
> /usr/share/applications/ymessenger.desktop<BR>
> /opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger.desktop<BR>
> /opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger.bin<BR>
> /opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger.kdelnk<BR>
> /opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger.local<BR>
> <BR>
> All of these files are showing up as 0 bytes. I navigated to the respective
> directories and tried to delete these files manually, but they were not
> there. Even upon choosing to show to hidden files from edit preferences,
> these files didn't show up. But when i try to run these files from the
> search results, it gives me an error message saying nautilus not capable of
> opening file as no suitable viewer available.<BR> <BR>
> How can i gain access to and remove these files?



Hi,
Is this happening in a graphical file manager? Try it from the command line.
-- 
Pete Nesbitt, rhce


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