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can anyone tell me how to delete the files i moved to the trash recently.
i understand that i could just click on the 'empty trash' to get rid of some, but some files seem to need permissions in order to get rid of, i seem to have problem there.
i have tried to log in as root, but then there is no files in the trash, how come?
is there any command i could use to clear up the trash?
because roots trash is different from a regular users trash , anyways, you can always fire up a terminal and try removing the files manually....i think the location is /home/USER/Desktop/Trash, but i maybe wrong, but in any case i know its in the home folder, and i am almost positive its a subfolder in Desktop....i am not on my box right now, so this is a pure guess, but i think rather accurate ;-)
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