flash and trash bin

Tobi Vollebregt tobivollebregt at gmail.com
Wed Mar 22 21:16:57 UTC 2006


Op woensdag 22 maart 2006 08:21, schreef Donatas G.:
> I have observed a strange behaviour when deleting files from removable
> media (flash). When I "move something to trash", the files go to a
> folder .Trash-501 in the flash disk itself. OK, that would be fine, if I
> had a convenient way to empty that trash bin. But I cannot figure out
> how. Alternatively, it would be ok if the "move to trash" option would
> not be available for removable media.
>
> Any ideas? I am running Kubuntu 5.10 with KDE 3.5.1. I can open the
> hidden trash folder and Shift+Del the files, but that is not a user
> friendly way...

As far as I know, emptying the trash while the removable media is plugged in 
empties the trash on that media too.

I'd have to test to be sure though.

> Donatas

Tobi Vollebregt




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