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KitchM

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 304

Location of Trash is Incorrect

On Debian Buster and Xfce 4.12, the desktop trash icon shows files existing.  When it is opened, there are files.  However, at https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/faq, it states under "Where are the deleted items from the trash located?" that they are in ~/.local/share/Trash/files.  However, there is no such directory.

Just where are they?

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,491

Re: Location of Trash is Incorrect

What do the following return:

gio list Trash://

gio tree Trash://

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ctac

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Registered: 2017-05-08

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Re: Location of Trash is Incorrect

What do the following return:

gio list Trash://

gio tree Trash://

Thanks for the gio command i never seen before.
A few hours of reading and testing, thanks again.

KitchM

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 304

Re: Location of Trash is Incorrect

Yeah, ctac, me too.

ToZ, here's the results:
gio list Trash://
\mnt\86c4b726-eb14-4239-8537-5fbeefb7dafc\.Trash-1000\files\
~

Well, well.  It appears these come from another mounted drive.  I did not know that happens.  Live and learn.

Anyway, it would be nice if it clearly shows where each comes from prior to restoration.  What do you think?

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Location of Trash is Incorrect

Anyway, it would be nice if it clearly shows where each comes from prior to restoration.  What do you think?

I agree. If you right click a trash item you will see a "location" value that just points to "Trash://". It might be more useful to point it to which trash it sits in (given that gvfs/gio support multiple trash cans). I can't seem to find any info on disabling remote filesystem trash cans.

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KitchM

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Registered: 2009-08-15

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Re: Location of Trash is Incorrect

I must say that I prefer it this way.  The way I look at it is that it is nice to gather disparate trash cans into one place.  However, the program must say which drive/partition each comes from.  I would strongly recommend that as a program upgrade.  It would be handy indeed.  Just list them in a simple outline method.  Would that be too difficult to program?