GNU bug report logs - #44059
28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 44059 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bugs <at> gnu.support
Subject: bug#44059: 28.0.50; Trash files cannot be deleted properly if delete-by-moving-to-trash is set
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:13:50 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> And... there doesn't seem to be any commands in Emacs for emptying the
>> trash can?  Shouldn't there be?
>
> AFAIU, doing this for freedesktop-style trash isn't trivial.

Isn't there some external command we could run?  From a quick look at my
system maybe "gio trash --empty"?

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