What will be the use of .Trash-1000 folder?

satimis · 08-31-2016, 06:42 PM

Hi all,

Ubuntu 14.04

I have 2 HD installed on this PC

1) 1TB SSD for operating system
2) 1.8TB WD HD for storage, as backup

There is a .Trash-1000 (additional to .Trash-0) on the storage disc having 3 folders on it ;
-expunged
-files
-info

Whenever I delete a folder and/or files they will be saved on .Trash-1000/files/ . But I couldn't delete them. I have tried deleting them. They will be recreated a .trashinfo file.

I'm prepared to delete .Trash-1000 by running;

Code:

sudo rm -rf /path/to/folder/.Trash-1000

Can I delete it without influencing other folder and/or file and/or the PC?

What will be the function of .Trash-1000 /expunged /files and /info ?

Please help. Thanks advance.

Regards
satimis

frankbell · 08-31-2016, 08:14 PM

This should help: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...00-directories

satimis · 08-31-2016, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

This should help: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...00-directories

Hi,

Thanks for your links

I have read following threads;

1)
What are the .Trash-500 and .Trash-1000 directories?
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...00-directories

2)
The FreeDesktop.org Trash specification
http://www.ramendik.ru/docs/trashspec.html

But still can't resolution why when I delete a folder/file on this HD they are removed to .Trash-1000/files/ not .Trash-0/ I can't delete them from this HD with "Move to Trash". It takes up space. I suppose I have to remove them with either;

Code:

sudo rm -rf /path/to/folder/.Trash-1000

or

Code:

sudo rm -fvR /path/to/folder/.Trash-1000

Besides .Trash-1000 is not symlinked to .local/share/Trash

satimis

ondoho · 09-01-2016, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by satimis

I'm prepared to delete .Trash-1000 by running;

Code:

sudo rm -rf /path/to/folder/.Trash-1000

Can I delete it without influencing other folder and/or file and/or the PC?

yes, you can permanently delete any .Trash* folders, but they will be recreated again when you "just" delete something aka "Move to Trash".
there's variations of where exactly these trash folders are made, but deleting them has never been a problem for me.

satimis · 09-06-2016, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

yes, you can permanently delete any .Trash* folders, but they will be recreated again when you "just" delete something aka "Move to Trash".
there's variations of where exactly these trash folders are made, but deleting them has never been a problem for me.

Hi,

Thanks for your advice.

Ran

Code:

sudo rm -fv /media/satimis/data/.Trash-1000

In future I would run "Move To Trash" to delete files/folders

Regards
satimis

Habitual · 09-06-2016, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by satimis

In future I would run "Move To Trash" to delete files/folders

Regards
satimis

I think that's what started this mess.

frankbell · 09-06-2016, 08:45 PM

As I understand it, if you "move to Trash" as user and your user ID is 1000, it goes into Trash-1000. If your user number is 500, it goes into Trash-500. And so on.

Me, I disable "move to trash." If I want to delete something, I make it go away.

You can find out your user number like this:

Code:

cat /etc/passwd | grep [username]

satimis · 09-06-2016, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

As I understand it, if you "move to Trash" as user and your user ID is 1000, it goes into Trash-1000. If your user number is 500, it goes into Trash-500. And so on.

Me, I disable "move to trash." If I want to delete something, I make it go away.

You can find out your user number like this:

Code:

cat /etc/passwd | grep [username]

⟫ cat /etc/passwd | grep satimis

Code:

satimis:x:1000:1000:Stephen Liu,,,:/home/satimis:/bin/bash

If I hit "Del" key to delete a file Trash-1000 will be created autometically;

.Trash-1000
/files/deleted_file
/info/deleted_file~.trashinfo

Besides there is another .Trash-0 folder on this storage HD

frankbell · 09-06-2016, 10:55 PM

I use Konqueror for a file manager because, as far as I am concerned, nothing, nada, zilch, not even Dolphin, equals it for that purpose.

In the preferences, Konqueror gives you the option to delete a file directly, without sending it to trash. When you enable that option, Konqueror includes "Delete" as well as "Send to Trash" in the right-click dialog. Check your file manager's preferences to see whether it offers a similar option.