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Re: how to delete files

  • Subject: Re: how to delete files
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:35:48 +0100
  • Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.suse
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / ISBE, Manchester University / ITS
  • References: <pan.2006.08.07.09.32.12.320296@linux-gdu5.site> <ocjjq3-n6t.ln1@penne.houghi> <4joq20F9114kU1@individual.net>
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__/ [ Deryck ] on Monday 07 August 2006 13:31 \__

> houghi wrote:
>> gilligan wrote:
>>> In checking disk space I found in /.home/.trash-0/files 34.6G of files I
>>> can't delete. Tried tagging files and deleting but they come right back.
>>> How do I clean these files out?
>> 
>> Open a terminal and do `rm .trash-0/* -rf`
>> 
> 
> maybe cd to that folder first and then do the rm otherwise a careless
> typo in the rm command might delete more than you intended :)

Might be worth using the front-end to all that 'junk' (e.g. ~/.thumbnail and
/tmp). In KDE: Kleandisk, under "Utilities" (probably kleandisk in the
command-line). I haven't got experience with it, but I heard about people
who used/d it.

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