[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. > > regards, > thomas > > > Unfortunately it is a pdf file I kept on my Desktop.
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