On Mon, 12. February 2007 16:52:25 jan kalcic wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi Jan > > > > On Mon, 12. February 2007 14:04:11 jan kalcic wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> On Mon, 12. February 2007 12:24:24 jan kalcic wrote: > >>>> Hi People, > >>>> > >>>> My trash bin seems to have something inside but it doesn't. > >>>> Suddenly I have my icon showing an always full trash bin thus I empty > >>>> it. Further, when I try to empty it when it's already empty I get a > >>>> error message saying that an old file I removed days ago doesn't > >>>> exist. > >>>> > >>>> I couldn't even find where it is located on the filesystem in order to > >>>> try to fix it through command line. > >>>> > >>>> Strange, isn't it? > >>> > >>> Hmm, not really ;-)) > >>> Sometimes there are hidden files (starting wit a '.' or ending with a > >>> '~') which are not deleted by using a desktop managers 'Empty Trash' > >>> command, so for GNOME, KDE and XFCE. > >>> > >>> So you have to go to the folder which is the Trash icon (the trash > >>> symbol on your desktop / panel is only a placeholder / link to this > >>> folder. For Gnome it should be /home/$USER/.Trash (replace $USER by the > >>> according username. > >>> > >>> Open a Terminal and go to the .Trash directory, /home/$USER/.Trash in > >>> GNOME, by typing 'cd .Trash' > >>> A 'ls -al' will show you the content of the trash folder. > >>> If you se a .directory file this is ok. You may have a closer look to > >>> it with 'less .directory'. > >>> > >>> If there are other files also have a closer look to them before > >>> deleting them. (You always should know what you are deleting because > >>> there is no undelete to the rm command!) > >>> You may delete them with the 'rm' command. A 'man rm' will show the > >>> manual page of rm. > > > > [...] > > > >> Using KDE there's no a .Trash folder in the home directory. The file > >> trash.desktop in my ~/Desktop is just a file, not a link. > > > > In KDE the Trash folder is located in /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash > > (So at least in my KDE 3.5.6 here) > > There are two subfolders /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files > > and /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/info > > If there are any files left they should find them in the files folder. > > Also have a look to info if there is a file with the same name than in > > files but with another ending (e.g. if there is a file in the folder > > trash named foo.txt there should/might also be a file named foo.$somewhat > > in info) > > Here we are. I have no files in "files" whereas I have the file > mentioned before into "info". Once removed the trash bin icon show as > empty but I still get the error when I empty it. May be you should follow what Roeland van de Mosselaer mentioned in his posting. May be it is because of deleting files from a removable media. I would think an USB stick/disk.
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