Re: Feature request: rm option that supports trash (plain text)

[Wilfred]

On 06/02/2008, Steve Ward <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Feb 5, 2008 12:59 PM, Bob Proulx <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Wilfred wrote:
> > > It would be great if rm supported moving a file to a freedesktop.org
> > > compliant trash folder. This woud save much heartache by giving a
> > > 'safer' option for newbies.
> >
> > This is easily done.  Simply create an alias that moves the file
> > instead of removing it.
> >
> >  alias rm="mv --target-directory=$HOME/.Trash/"
> >
> > But please don't make this a system default since this behavior is not
> > appreciated by many.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
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>  Additionally, I use the --backup option to prevent overwriting existing
> files & folders in the trash (in order to be similar to the "Recycle Bin"
> behavior).
>
>  # my del
>  alias del='mv --verbose --backup=simple --suffix=$(date +".(%F_%T)")
> --target-directory=$HOME/.Trash/'
>
>
>  Steve
>
>

address@hidden ~ $ mkdir testdel
address@hidden ~ $ alias del='mv --verbose --backup=simple
--suffix=$(date +".(%F_%T)") --target-directory=$HOME/.Trash/'
address@hidden ~ $ del testdel
mv: accessing `/home/wilfred/.Trash/': No such file or directory

The trash directory on KDE is ~/.local/share/Trash and I believe it's
the same for Gnome. What's more the trash directory is divided into
files/ and info/ and a file cannot just be moved to the files
directory without creating a .trashinfo file or trash viewers will not
show the deleted file. More information at
http://www.ramendik.ru/docs/trashspec.html

As moving to the file to the appropriate file and creating the
appropriate info is somewhat more involved I'd envisaged something
like a 'rm --trash' option, since it wouldn't affect backward
compatibility.

Wilfred