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Mac Trash won't empty, and rm ~/.Trash/* does nothing

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The Trash icon on my Dock shows the Trash containing files. I tried right-clicking and Empty Trash, but it still shows files there.

When I open the Trash folder in Finder, I can see several files still there.

I tried manually emptying the Trash with rm ~/.Trash/*, but that doesn't work. In fact, ls ~/.Trash/ shows the folder being empty!

I tried Force Quitting Finder, but that didn't help either.

I'm sure rebooting would fix the problem, but I'd prefer a solution that didn't require rebooting.

Specs:

  • Mac OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion
  • MacBook Pro mid-2009

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