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Old 04-05-2008
Emptying Trash

Hi all i hope someone can help me,
in gnome if you right click on trash, you get another menu appear 'Empty Trash'
what i want to do is be able to edit this command so that it secure deletes the trash, where is that command? so i can edit it. thanks in advance for any help,
Dave

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TRASH(1)						      General Commands Manual							  TRASH(1)

NAME
trash - Command line trash utility. SYNOPSIS
trash [arguments] ... DESCRIPTION
Trash-cli package provides a command line interface trashcan utility compliant with the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification. It remembers the name, original path, deletion date, and permissions of each trashed file. ARGUMENTS
Names of files or directory to move in the trashcan. EXAMPLES
$ cd /home/andrea/ $ touch foo bar $ trash foo bar 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-list(1), trash-restore(1), trash-empty(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(1)