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dxmedia · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 23:06 Post subject: Linux >> Navigating to trash

As the title, anyone know how to navigate to trash as root. I've a file stuck with incorrect fire permissions, in gnome it's trash:/// but what is it in command line??

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itocuk · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 23:24 Post subject: Re: Linux >> Navigating to trash

dxmedia · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 23:33 Post subject:

chris@chris-laptop:~$ ls -ialrt | grep -i trash
chris@chris-laptop:~$ cd ~/.trash
bash: cd: /home/chris/.trash: No such file or directory
chris@chris-laptop:~$ cd ~/.Trash
bash: cd: /home/chris/.Trash: No such file or directory
chris@chris-laptop:~$ su
Password:
root@chris-laptop:/home/chris# cd ~/.trash
bash: cd: /root/.trash: No such file or directory
root@chris-laptop:/home/chris# cd ~/.Trash
bash: cd: /root/.Trash: No such file or directory
root@chris-laptop:/home/chris# ls -ialrt | grep -i trash
ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied

? Any ideas?
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itocuk · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:27 Post subject:

try this ...

cd /
ls -ialR | grep -i trash

If that can't find anything, it may have it's own mount point ...

try this ...

df -h

Do you have a 'trash can' on the desktop? You can right-click and get the 'properties'?

If it's still not found, maybe it doesn't exist dontknow

Simon
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