Openbor - how to delete unnecessary files?

SuperFella

Every doc says that once you've installed OpenBeatsOfRage games, the original PAKs are saved in the "original" folder but can safely be deleted. I'm short on space and they're hogging hundreds of megs, but if I try to delete them I get a permission error. (The folder has 0755 permissions, should be fine.) Anyone know how to do it?

(Also, while I'm here, is highscore saving working in Openbor yet? I can see .HI files in the configs folder with data in them but nothing is actually saved when you play the game.)

mitu

@SuperFella said in Openbor - how to delete unnecessary files?:

(The folder has 0755 permissions, should be fine.) Anyone know how to do it?

How are you trying to delete the files ? 0755 permissions means only the owner has write permissions on the folder.

SuperFella

@mitu I am the owner. (It makes no difference if I set the permissions to 0777.) I'm trying to delete them via WinSCP, they don't show up in EmulationStation.

mitu

@SuperFella Show a screenshot of the files and their permissions.

SuperFella

@mitu

mitu

@SuperFella Your screenshot shows that the owner is the root user - so if you are logged in as user pi with WinSCP, it's normal that you don't have access to delete the files.

SuperFella

@mitu So how do I fix it? How did it get to have a different owner to every other folder on the Pi?

SuperFella

If I hit F8 here, will it delete the Super Mario Brawl folder? I'm very wary of hitting Delete keys when I don't know what I'm doing.

stoo

I'm no expert, but I think you can get temporary root permissions by doing

sudo su

~~and entering your password.~~

Then the following should delete all those files:

rm -rf /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/openbor/original/*

Then just type

exit

to exist su and go back to Pi user.

Of course you have to SSH into your Pi or exit EmulationStation to the console. (and have a keyboard)

mitu

@SuperFella said in Openbor - how to delete unnecessary files?:

@mitu So how do I fix it?

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#reset-ownershippermissions-of-homepiretropie-roms

How did it get to have a different owner to every other folder on the Pi?

How did you copy the files there ?

SuperFella

@mitu That did the trick, thanks!