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.bo...@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.bo...@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 > > > > > > -- John J. Boyer Email: john.bo...@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
