Deleting anything with the GUI on GNOME automatically sends the stuff to the Trash. It's part of why I don't use file managers--I don't get to reclaim hard drive space immediately.
On Feb 18, 2008 10:41 PM, Jared Schlicht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday February 17 2008 7:11:04 pm Vincent wrote: > > The Linux EXT3 file system zero's the file pointers when you delete a > > file. The EXT2-Undeletion command does not exist with-in EXT3. The > > following is a more modern solution to the problem. > > > > alias rm="mv --force --target-directory=$HOME/.Trash/" > > alias rmdir="mv --force --target-directory=$HOME/.Trash/" > > The goal with desktop distros seems to be "The user should not have to > touch > the command line". > > KDE has a trash system setup, I'm sure GNOME must as well. > > Both Konqueror and Dolphin (File managers in Kubuntu) default to move to > trash. > > If the user is using the command line, I'd hope they know what they're > doing. > > -Jared Schlicht > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- Mackenzie Morgan Linux User #432169 ACM Member #3445683 http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com <-my blog of Ubuntu stuff apt-get moo
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