trash-empty1

Usage

Overview

Permanently remove any trashed file and trashed directory. This command is a part of the trash-cli package that provides a command line interface trashcan utility compliant with the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification. It remembers the name, original path, deletion date, and permissions of each trashed file.

Arguments

To remove all trashed files, use 'trash-empty' without arguments.

To remove files that have been in the trash for more than a given number of

days, use 'trash-empty x', 'x' representing the number of days.

Examples

$ date
Tue Feb 19 20:26:52 CET 2008
$ trash-list
2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today
2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday
2008-02-10 20:11:34 /home/einar/last_week
$ trash-empty 7
$ trash-list
2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today
2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday
$ trash-empty 1
$ trash-list
2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today
$ trash-empty 
$ trash-list
<none>

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Credits

Trash was written by Andrea Francia <[email protected]>. The original version of trash-empty was contributed by Einar Orn Olason <[email protected]>. The first version of manual pages was written by Steve Stalcup <[email protected]> and was modified by Massimo Cavalleri <[email protected]>.