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> On Mon, 12. February 2007 16:52:25 jan kalcic wrote:
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>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>> Hi Jan
>>>
>>> On Mon, 12. February 2007 14:04:11 jan kalcic wrote:
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>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>>>> 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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