1GB Trash. Permission denied.

[Tony Arnold]

Dotan,

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2009/7/5 HermanAA <hermanaa at gmail.com>:
>> I have almost 1GB Trash in Gnome 'Trash' (Desktop Trash)
>> I am not allowed to delete it.
>>
>> I got this Location-info:
>> trash:///
>> Location: trash:///_RIKA-DELETE-OK%3F  (a folder in Trash)
>>          trash:///_RIKA-DELETE-OK%3F/070614 (a file)
>>
>> I tried to do something about it via the terminal (cmd-line).
>> But I cant locate 'Trash' (or it's contents).
>>
>> --how do I delete this trash?
>>
>> ... or how do I find the Trash (and contents)
>> on the command-line, so I can do something about it.
>>
>>
>> If I delete via the GUI I get:
>> Error while deleting.
>> There was an error deleting PC222481.JPG.
>> Show more details:
>> Error removing file: Permission denied
>>    CANCEL    SKIP-ALL   SKIP
>>
>> And:
>> Sorry, could not change the permissions of "P6141423.JPG": Operation not
>> supported by backend
>>
>>
>> Herman in Philippines.
>>
> 
> Herman, I'm not home right now to check, but look in ~/.config for the
> Trash. I think it's there.

On my system it appears to be in ~/.local/share/Trash

Tony.
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