Deleting Trash can

[Trent Lloyd]

For the record, if you wish to change the ownership of some files, you
can run (in a terminal)

sudo chown <user> <directory> -R

so say, 

	sudo chown tiede ~tiede/.Trash/ -R

Would change all files in 'tiede's trash to be owned by 'tiede'

Secondly, sometimes there is trash on other devices that makes trash
think there is stuff (the .Trash-<username> directory on such devices),
and sometime it just needs to be restarted (a logout should fix)

Cheers,
Trent

On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 22:10 -0400, Tiede wrote:
> OK. My issue is a little different, but it falls under the same cat.
> 
> I tried moving some directories from windows to linux to make a
> complete switch, and for a reason, some files in my /My\ Documents/
> folder are root's prop. I tried deleting the thing and I got block. SO
> I fired up Xterm and sudo nautilus /home/marc/.Trash and deleted
> everything in there... They went to my /root/.Trash that I also
> deleted.
> 
> But on the Gnome Bar, the Trash Icon STILL looks full, and opening it
> shows a directory that I can't delete. When I open /home/marc/.Trash
> with my permisssions or root's the folder is empty (OB)...
> 
> I don't understand this. Isn't the /home/marc/.Trash the same as the
> Trash icon on my desktop?
> 
> How do I delete the content of my Trash bin, since my /home/marc/.Trash
> is empty?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Tiede
> 
-- 
Trent Lloyd <lathiat at bur.st>
Bur.st Networking Inc.