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#1 2023-10-13 22:55:43

callmejoe
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Registered: 2019-11-19
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thunar recent folder

is it common knowledge that  if you delete the files in thunar's recent folder that the actual files get deleted?

i just did this and i think i'm screwed now since they didnt end up in Trash.

any shot of recovering gracefully aside from going to my backups?

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#2 2023-10-13 23:46:49

eriefisher
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Re: thunar recent folder

The "Recent" folder is not actually a folder. It's just how Thunar displays history. I remember there used to be a way to clear it I think but I don't see it now.

As for your deleted files, your back ups are your best bet. Instead of deleting files you should right click and "send to trash".


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#3 2023-10-14 01:52:03

CwF
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Registered: 2018-01-28
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Re: thunar recent folder

If you use the 'Places" panel plugin , it has a clear option for recent.

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#4 2023-10-14 03:17:35

callmejoe
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Registered: 2019-11-19
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Re: thunar recent folder

man i had second OS and a separate HDD mounted when i deleted the files in Recent.  348 files from all over the place.  what a nightmare.  thankfully i had recent backups of everything.   still lost a few files because my rsync skills are rusty but 99% recovered is good news.

i think i assumed those were symlinks in Recent.  What's funny is in the last 4 years or so I've had Thunar I never came across it in Places.  I was just fooling around today and found it.  oh well.

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#5 2024-09-16 10:49:00

hreba
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Re: thunar recent folder

I was not so lucky and lost some rather important files. I never use the trashcan but prefer to think before deleting anything. If I realize having deleted something erroneously, which happens a few times a year, I copy it back from another PC where I keep mirrors. But there the deleted files disappear too, obviously, at the next mirror-update.

Luring the user into deleting his own files, in another directory than where he seems to be, without any warning is the meanest attack to data security I have seen so far.

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