On Thursday 08 December 2005 22:11, Christian Mueller wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 8. Dezember 2005 19:27 schrieb Nigel Henry:
> > On Thursday 08 December 2005 15:40, Steven P. Ulrick wrote:
> > > You should see a line that says "Show 'Delete' context menu entries
> > > which bypass the trashcan" Check the box that that statement refers
> > > to. Click "Apply" and then "OK"
> > >
> > > That should do it :)
> > >
> > > Have a Great Day,
> > > Steven P. Ulrick
> >
> > Hi Steven. Thank you for that explanation, all is clear now. I'd had
> > problems in Gentoo with my / partition redlining at 98%. Someone on a
> > list suggested what DL'd distfiles I could get rid of, so I merrily went
> > in there with the superuser file manager, and using send to trash (the
> > only apparent option), proceeded to get rid of the lot, only to find
> > myself still redlining at 98%, and the trash can on the desktop empty.
> > After some hunting, I
> > found /root/.local/share/Trash/files & info. (Incidentally it's a good
> > job I don't keep the hidden files hidden, as I may never have found these
> > Trash files). Having found all this stuff still lurking on the harddrive,
> > I used the commeand line to get rid of them. This time permanently. Great
> > the redlines gone, and down to 73%.
>
> Hello Nigel,
>
> the command line works, but an easier way is to use the trash
> applet, or you just enter trash:/ into the location bar of konqueror.
> Then right-click the background and choose the option to empty the trash.
>
> This has the advantage that it automatically finds all the trashes
> you may have on your system that belong to the user you are logged in as.
> Yes, there can be more than one, for example one per partition or network
> drive. It's that way because
> 1. not all the data you may trash will always fit into your home partition
> 2. it's not a good idea to move a large CD image across partitions or even
> a network link into the user's home directory just because the user
> trashed the file.
>
> I hope this makes it clearer why things are the way they are...
>
> Christian.
Hi Christian. I think the main problem was, that I was trying to send stuff to
the trash while su'ed as root. I was expecting this stuff, either to be
deleted, or sent to the trashcan on the desktop. Neither of these things
happened. I believe my best way forward if I don't want to use the command
line, which I'm quite happy with, is to add the delete option to Konquerors
context menu. I still can't understand why the delete item isn't on the
context menu as default, as after all, it's only one extra line, and anyone
who is using Linux should be aware that delete really means delete. Thanks
for your reply. Nigel.
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