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stupid question!?
Post 55321 by moxxx68 on Thursday 9th of September 2004 01:42:18 AM
09-09-2004
stupid question!?
fedora core 2 xx8. 5xx version (not sure! not sure how to look it up either..(except on boot sorry!!))..
the linux version I started on last year was an old redhet 6.0 version with only text mode.. back then for some reason I knew I how to get rid of whole directories without a) going through the verbose which seems to be automatic on this version.. and also I seemed to know how to force the rm /dir with a -f I think.. right now rmdir -R (r ) isn't working and rm -f or -i isn't working .. so I have to move whole directories of about 2-300 files to the trash and stupidly I have never used trash on unix before and don't know how to empty it.. I tried the graphical user interface trash (empty button) still won't do it.. i can't get rid of these directories and I can't empty the trash..
would appreciate any input from anyone thanx moxx68
the linux version I started on last year was an old redhet 6.0 version with only text mode.. back then for some reason I knew I how to get rid of whole directories without a) going through the verbose which seems to be automatic on this version.. and also I seemed to know how to force the rm /dir with a -f I think.. right now rmdir -R (r ) isn't working and rm -f or -i isn't working .. so I have to move whole directories of about 2-300 files to the trash and stupidly I have never used trash on unix before and don't know how to empty it.. I tried the graphical user interface trash (empty button) still won't do it.. i can't get rid of these directories and I can't empty the trash..would appreciate any input from anyone thanx moxx68
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
trash-empty
TRASH-EMPTY(1) General Commands Manual TRASH-EMPTY(1) NAME
trash-empty - Empty for Command line trash utility. SYNOPSIS
trash-empty [arguments] DESCRIPTION
Remove for ever any trashed file and trashed directory. This command is a part of trash-cli package that provides a command line interface trashcan utility compliant with the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification. It remembers the name, original path, deletion date, and permis- sions of each trashed file. ARGUMENTS
To remove all trashed files, use 'emtpy-trash'. To remove files that have been in the trash more than a given number of days, use 'trash-empty x', 'x' representing the number of days. EXAMPLES
$ date Tue Feb 19 20:26:52 CET 2008 $ trash-list 2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today 2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday 2008-02-10 20:11:34 /home/einar/last_week $ trash-empty 7 $ trash-list 2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today 2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday $ trash-empty 1 $ trash-list 2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today $ trash-empty $ trash-list <none> BUGS
Report bugs to http://code.google.com/p/trash-cli/issues AUTHORS
Trash was written by Andrea Francia <andreafrancia@users.sourceforge.net> and Einar Orn Olason <eoo@hi.is>. This manual page was written by Steve Stalcup <vorian@ubuntu.com>. Changes made by Massimo Cavalleri <submax@tiscalinet.it>. SEE ALSO
trash-put(1), trash-restore(1), trash-list(1), and the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification at http://www.ramendik.ru/docs/trashspec.html. Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. TRASH-EMPTY(1)