Deleting Trash can

[Jozsef Mak]

What is the command line level command for emptying the wastebasket?

jozsefmak

>From: Brian Puccio <brian at brianpuccio.net>
>To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>Subject: Re: Deleting Trash can
>Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:52:33 -0500
>
>On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 21:19 -0500, Jozsef Mak wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have hundreds of MB of old files  and folder in my Trash can and 
>Ubuntu
> > doesn't let me delete them because i have no permission. How can i 
>delete
> > these folders and files and how can i disable this permission feature
> > because it drives me crazy.
>
>I had that issue once as well.  Not sure what created it.  Anyhow, as
>root, go into the Trash folder and as root delete those files (I just
>used sudo at a command prompt, though I guess you can always gksudo a
>nautilus session and remove them that way.
>
>The permission feature is just part of the normal linux filesystem, you
>can't delete files you don't have access to.  Again, I'm not sure what
>caused it, but the hiccup only happened once to me.
>
>Maybe a "force empty" option when right-clicking the trash can that
>prompts for the root password to take care of issues such as this?
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