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bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-
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Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set |
Date: |
Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:44:07 +0200 |
> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 19:03:22 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, 44059@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> * Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2020-10-19 17:55]:
> > > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> > > Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:54:30 +0200
> > > Cc: 44059@debbugs.gnu.org
> > >
> > > And... there doesn't seem to be any commands in Emacs for emptying the
> > > trash can? Shouldn't there be?
> >
> > AFAIU, doing this for freedesktop-style trash isn't trivial.
>
> Actually it says that Emacs already does that:
It does?
> Hide Trash Directory: Value Menu Directory: /home/data1/protected/tmp/Trash/
> State : SAVED and set.
> Directory for ‘move-file-to-trash’ to move files and directories to. Hide
> This directory is used only when the function ‘system-move-file-to-trash’
> is not defined.
> Relative paths are interpreted relative to ‘default-directory’.
> If the value is nil, Emacs uses a freedesktop.org-style trashcan.
>
> So if I set the variable: delete-by-moving-to-trash and not set
> trash-directory it will use freedeskstop style.
Look above: we were talking about _emptying_ the trashcan, not about
_using_ it to move deleted files there.
> There is no big problem. If delete-by-moving-to-trash is set then
> Tramp says it was trashed, which is confusing.
And this is yet another, almost unrelated, issue.
Can we please stay focused in each thread on the topic of that thread,
and nothing more?
- bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set, Jean Louis, 2020/10/18
- bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/10/19
- bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set, Jean Louis, 2020/10/19
- bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/10/19
- bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set, Stefan Kangas, 2020/10/19
- bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set, Jean Louis, 2020/10/26
- bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set, Jean Louis, 2020/10/28
- bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/10/28
- bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set, Jean Louis, 2020/10/28
- bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set, Michael Albinus, 2020/10/26