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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Startup script to clean out trash can Post 302092719 by Andrek on Thursday 12th of October 2006 01:34:04 AM
Old 10-12-2006
Startup script to clean out trash can

I need to know how I would be able to clean out the trash can of a single "dumb" user every time the MAC is turned on.

Back ground.
OS 10.3x
G3 Mac
Two users configured...
1) Root or Admin (superuser)
2) student (Simple no access to anything but shared folder for files etc.)

The problem is student's keep deleteing items from the itunes area and the trash can fills up and gives system warnings about the trash getting to full ie /tmp 100%....

It would be great if I could create a startup script the deletes the trash for the user and modify the startup some how for this....

I know a little unix but never played with MAC's before

Thanks in advance
 

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gvfs-trash(1)							   User Commands						     gvfs-trash(1)

NAME
gvfs-trash - move a directory entry to the trash using the VFS system SYNOPSIS
gvfs-trash URI DESCRIPTION
gvfs-trash moves a directory entry to the trash using the VFS system. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: URI Specifies the file location in standard URI format. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Move a local file to the trash example% gvfs-trash file:///tmp/example Example 2: Move a remote object to the trash example% gvfs-trash smb://server/dir/example ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH. EXIT STATUS
The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure. FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gvfs-trash Executable to move a directory entry to the trash using the VFS system ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-gvfs | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
gvfs-copy(1), gvfs-info(1), gvfs-less(1), gvfs-ls(1), gvfs-mkdir(1) gvfs-monitor-dir(1), gvfs-monitor-file(1), gvfs-mount(1), gvfs-move(1), gvfs-rename(1), gvfs-open(1), gvfs-cat(1), gvfs-save(1), gvfs-trash(1), gvfs-tree(1), attributes(5), environ(5) NOTES
Written by Alvaro Lopez Ortega, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008. SunOS 5.11 25 Mar 2008 gvfs-trash(1)
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