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Thunar trash can works on one fs but not another
Thunar won't delete files from $HOME (see Can't find or create trash while deleting files) but will do so from other file systems on the same machine?
ron@haggis:~$ dir .local/share/Trash
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Can't remove same folder name twice
I have a folder called - bin , then I remove it by rm bin , re-create it and when I want to remove it again by rm bin the shell promts -
/bin/mv: cannot move `bin/' to ...
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Using Trash with Mutt: Does it make sense?
I come from Thunderbird, which I found to be bloatware with spontaneous hiccoughs using 20–40% of processing power, weak IMAP and local mailfolder handling and a constant 100–500MB of RAM use.
But it ...
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How to find last deleted files on OpenSuse?
I didn't lock the screen on my OpenSuse Linux and let my girlfriend do all evil things when I was sleeping. Is there a way to find out if she deleted any files from my PC?
I was looking at the "Date ...
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How to delete a file to the trash in BASH (Linux) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Make `rm` move to trash
I've looked everywhere for the answer, but I can't find it.
Is it possible to move/delete a file to the trash folder on linux. But also having ...
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mutt: mark as read and delete
I discard some messages without reading them. After deleting said messages, however, I am soon alerted to the presence of unread mail in my trash can.
Is there a way to either:
disable the alert ...
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How to find Nautilus wastebasket in the file system
It looks like I can get to the waste-basket through nautilus, but when I look at the location given by properties, I see "trash:///".
But I can't "cd trash:///". Where is the waste-basket? And in ...
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What are the .Trash-500 and .Trash-1000 directories?
I have a DNS-321 NAS drive which apparently runs Linux, so I logged in via ssh and I see .Trash-500 and .Trash-1000 directories. I realize that they're for trash, but why do I need two? Inside of them ...
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How does “rm” on a NTFS filesystem differs from Windows' own implementation?
I have an external USB disk with an NTFS filesystem on it.
If I remove a file from Windows and I run one of the several "undelete" utilities (say, TestDisk) I can easily recover the file (because ...
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How to disable the trash can in KDE
From what I gather, the idea of a "trash can" is of Windows descent, and was to make a user's life easier. However, when I go to delete a file, I don't hit delete unless I know I don't need it and ...
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Move to trash confirm box
I am using Fedora 14 (Laughlin) with GNOME 2.32.0. I have gconf-editor installed. In gconf-editor apps->nautilus->preference confirm_trash is enabled i.e., checked, also in nautilus file browser, home ...
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Where do files go when the rm command is issued?
Recently I accidentally did rm on a set of files and it got me thinking where exactly these files end up?
That is to say, when working with a GUI, deleted files go to the Trash. What's the equivalent ...
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Where is the trash directory for PCManFM and xfe?
I've got PCManFM and Xfe as graphical file managers in my Arch Linux with Openbox.
When I click on the Trash link in PCManFM I get an error saying "Operation not supported".
Question: Where do ...
