Deleting Trash can

[Jozsef Mak]

>From: Wander Boessenkool <wander at tomaatnet.nl>
>Reply-To: wander at tomaatnet.nl
>To: Jozsef Mak <j_mak3 at hotmail.com>
>CC: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>Subject: Re: Deleting Trash can
>Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:37:47 +0100
>
>On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 13:35 -0500, Jozsef Mak wrote:
> >
> > >From: Wander Boessenkool <wander at tomaatnet.nl>
> > >Reply-To: wander at tomaatnet.nl
> > >To: Jozsef Mak <j_mak3 at hotmail.com>
> > >CC: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > >Subject: Re: Deleting Trash can
> > >Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:36:36 +0100
> > >
> > >On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 11:48 -0500, Jozsef Mak wrote:
> > > > What is the command line level command for emptying the wastebasket?
> > >
> > >rm -r ~/.Trash/*
> > >
> > >change that to an rm -rf if you're feeling lucky, and you are sure you
> > >don't make typos ;-)
> > >
> > >but possibly you need to do a:
> > >
> > >sudo chown -R yourusername /home/yourusername/.Trash/
> > >
> > >first.
> > Hi,
> >
> > I executed the commands you told me but it didn't empty the trash can.
> >
> > root at ubuntu:/home/mak # chown -R mak /home/mak/.Trash
> > root at ubuntu:/home/mak # rm -rf ~/.Trash/*
> >
> > Did i execute them in the right order?
>
>You just emptied root's trashcan. You are supposed to execute the
>commands as the user's who's trashcan you want emptied ;-)
>
>But since you just chowned all the files in your own trashcan, you
>should now be able to empty it the 'normal' way

Now,  my trash  emptied without complain. These are great commands, thanks a 
lot.
The user thing doesn't matter because I am the only user on this computer.

Regards,
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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