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my problem is I all of a sudden get a message on deleting files that the trashcan has reached its full capacity and needs to be emptied manually. After emptying the trashcan in Dolphin I still can't delete the files I want and get the same message again and again. I have shut down the computer before, but today that didn't seem to help at all. Also it seems a bit drastic to shut down the machine everytime this happens. Is there perhaps another 'manual' way of emptying the trashcan? I have found a post recommending to rm -in my case- the directory in question in the terminal, which worked, but it doesn't solve the trashcan problem. Anyone know of a solution to this one?
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Full but empty trashcan
Re: Full but empty trashcan
Open a terminal
Enter password.
It should be in here. If you don't immediately see it:
And it must be done from the $HOME/.local directory
That will clean it.
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$su
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# cd .local/share
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#ls -la|grep Trash
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#rm -rf path/to/Trash/*/*
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Re: Full but empty trashcan
Several options to consider:
1) Delete the files, rather than putting them in "trash." (Dolphin config allows you to add a "delete" option to your context menu. And of course [SHIFT-DELETE] deletes the currently selected file(s), rather than "trashing" them.)
2) Increase your "trash size." (But Dolphin normally reserves a hefty 10% of your hard disk/home partition for trash. See #4.)
3) If it's just the warning that's bugging you, there is once again a Dolphin config option to automatically delete the [oldest|largest] stuff in trash when it gets full.
4) If you're trying to delete more than 10% of your stuff (by size) at any one time, then perhaps your disk/partition is simply too full for its (or your) own good, and it's time to rethink your disk partitioning/space allocation scheme.
Also, for a generic/general problem such as this one, Google will give you better answers than a search of a Debian-specific forum.
1) Delete the files, rather than putting them in "trash." (Dolphin config allows you to add a "delete" option to your context menu. And of course [SHIFT-DELETE] deletes the currently selected file(s), rather than "trashing" them.)
2) Increase your "trash size." (But Dolphin normally reserves a hefty 10% of your hard disk/home partition for trash. See #4.)
3) If it's just the warning that's bugging you, there is once again a Dolphin config option to automatically delete the [oldest|largest] stuff in trash when it gets full.
4) If you're trying to delete more than 10% of your stuff (by size) at any one time, then perhaps your disk/partition is simply too full for its (or your) own good, and it's time to rethink your disk partitioning/space allocation scheme.
Also, for a generic/general problem such as this one, Google will give you better answers than a search of a Debian-specific forum.
Re: Full but empty trashcan
Thanks, guys! I'm gonna try this the next time I'm emptying the trashcan. I have also saved this page on my computer for future reference.
A bit on my computer. When I installed I put 60 GB on the HDD for the OS and 40 GB for /home. I guess it is from these 40 GB that the 10% comes, for the trashcan. If I had let the installation program decide I'd only get 10GB altogether. After installation I partitioned for huge files, medium and small. Then, until yesterday I put all of my data from discs to HDD, which meant throwing really big files (doubles) away. I don't think I'll be doing that as much now that everything is once again digitized, though I will probably throw small doubles away until retirement. Also I have a third disc I haven't opened yet. Is it possible to format a new partition after installation to replace the /home I'm using now? Maybe there's a textfile to edit. If not, I'll probably just up the trashcan to 20 percent. But just as a curiosity, does anyone know why the trashcan doesn't go blank when it's emptied?
Thanks again!
A bit on my computer. When I installed I put 60 GB on the HDD for the OS and 40 GB for /home. I guess it is from these 40 GB that the 10% comes, for the trashcan. If I had let the installation program decide I'd only get 10GB altogether. After installation I partitioned for huge files, medium and small. Then, until yesterday I put all of my data from discs to HDD, which meant throwing really big files (doubles) away. I don't think I'll be doing that as much now that everything is once again digitized, though I will probably throw small doubles away until retirement. Also I have a third disc I haven't opened yet. Is it possible to format a new partition after installation to replace the /home I'm using now? Maybe there's a textfile to edit. If not, I'll probably just up the trashcan to 20 percent. But just as a curiosity, does anyone know why the trashcan doesn't go blank when it's emptied?
Thanks again!
Re: Full but empty trashcan
A couple of notes:
1) In all but the most extreme circumstances (like, you're planning on installing every package known to humanity), 60 GB for your OS is massively wasteful. You're going to end up with a lot of unused-and-unusable free space. So long as you load your personal stuff (and/or volatile data in general) on separate partitions, 20 GB should be more than enough for your OS.
2) Remember that any data you put on that currently-60-GB volume will get clobbered when/if you need to reinstall your OS.
These two points lead me to revisit my 4th point in my previous post: you should probably rethink your partitioning scheme.
1) In all but the most extreme circumstances (like, you're planning on installing every package known to humanity), 60 GB for your OS is massively wasteful. You're going to end up with a lot of unused-and-unusable free space. So long as you load your personal stuff (and/or volatile data in general) on separate partitions, 20 GB should be more than enough for your OS.
2) Remember that any data you put on that currently-60-GB volume will get clobbered when/if you need to reinstall your OS.
These two points lead me to revisit my 4th point in my previous post: you should probably rethink your partitioning scheme.
It's not quite that easy, but it's pretty close. But yes, you can move /home to your 3rd disk.valeriana wrote:Is it possible to format a new partition after installation to replace the /home I'm using now? Maybe there's a textfile to edit.