http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-get-popup-window-before-empty-gnome-trash-in-ubuntu.html Ubuntu Linux Tutorials,Howtos,Tips & News | Oneiric,Natty,Maverick Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-get-popup-window-before-empty-gnome-trash-in-ubuntu.html/comment-page-1#comment-23446 kurtdriver Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:59:42 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/?p=3361#comment-23446 I just ran this, it empties the trash and is much simpler. [you@yourbox ~]$ rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/files/* For some reason Gnome isn't displaying an empty trash can, but the free space has just increased by more than 8 Gb. I've been through this previously and the can will empty on after a while, or after reloading X, I don't recall. Fedora 10 mind you, but it would be the same thing in Ubuntu. Kurt I just ran this, it empties the trash and is much simpler.
[you@yourbox ~]$ rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/files/*
For some reason Gnome isn’t displaying an empty trash can, but the free space has just increased by more than 8 Gb. I’ve been through this previously and the can will empty on after a while, or after reloading X, I don’t recall. Fedora 10 mind you, but it would be the same thing in Ubuntu. Kurt

]]> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-get-popup-window-before-empty-gnome-trash-in-ubuntu.html/comment-page-1#comment-20003 Eli Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:30:16 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/?p=3361#comment-20003 Thanks for this, it worked great and opened up a whole world of possibilities. Thanks for this, it worked great and opened up a whole world of possibilities.

]]> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-get-popup-window-before-empty-gnome-trash-in-ubuntu.html/comment-page-1#comment-19715 Mahyar Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:23:41 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/?p=3361#comment-19715 You need single quotation marks though in the script step. You need single quotation marks though in the script step.

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