[Klug-general] Folder refuses to delete from trash

[klug-mail at richayres2.plus.com]

 Thanks Dan
      What a difference a dot makes! I really should have picked up on
that as all the memory sticks have a.Trash folder.
       Regards R.


> the actual trash folder is probably /home/heather/.Trash and you can
> safely
> rm -r this. It will be recreated as next logon
>
> you could also try to install the trash-cli package. This will enalbe you
> to
> run 'sudo empty-trash' to empty your trash folder. You can also switch to
> root and run the command to empty roots trash folder
>
> Dan
>
>
> 2010/1/13 Rich <klug-mail at richayres2.plus.com>
>
>> Good morning all
>>        Couldn't  resist the awful Pun.
>>        While emptying the trash can my Partner was left with one folder.
>> The
>> Folder is called NZ_Images_ (ask my partner why the last underscore). On
>> trying to drag it to the desktop I got the message " Error while copying
>> NZ_Images_. Not sure if the dot is just a full stop,
>> Any way the folder appeared on the desktop and I used sudo rm -R
>> foldername to delete it. The folder still remained in the trash.
>>        Knowing my partners tendency to create multinested folders I
>> tried
>> this
>> procedure several times with same result.
>>        Can delete this folder as root from within the trash folder and
>> if
>> so
>> how can I cd to it?
>>        Properties gives location as trash:/// so I tried
>> cd /home/heather/trash and /home/heather/Desktop/trash neither of which
>> were found.
>>
>>
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