Delete

[Benjamin Zeller]

On Monday 31 July 2006 11:32, Melissa Draper wrote:
> Richard A Downing FBCS CITP wrote:
> > One of the things that I really hate about Windows is the Trash can.
> > When I say delete, I want it gone - forever.  On windows I can set it up
> > so that delete means delete.  How do I do that with Ubuntu?
> >
> > Oh, and by the way, why is the 'empty the wastebasket' always greyed out
> > in the panel, and only available when the application is open?
> >
> > And why does the documentation call it Trash, but the application calls
> > it wastebasket?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > R.
>
> If you don't mind using the command line, 'rm' deletes rather than
> trashes. check out the 'rm' documentation (ie, 'man rm') for more
> information.
>
> The naming difference for trash is due to local translations. For
> instance, in general conversation, Australians use "garbage" or "bin"
> rather than "trash" or "wastebasket". Submit the inconsistancy as a bug
> to Launchpad and specify the current locale you are using, en-US or
> en-GB etc.

If I want to definetely delete it, I delete with shift+del and the file(s) 
going to nirvana.

>
> --
> Sincerely
> Melissa Draper
>


Benni

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