Re: Cannot empty trash because of permission problems

[Paul E Condon <pecondon@mesanetworks.net>]

On 20091011_163117, Merciadri Luca wrote:
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> Hello,
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> On my Debian Lenny, I am unable to empty the trash because of
> permission problems. For example, I have a .jar file, and when I
> choose to "Empty Trash," I receive:
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> "Error while deleting.
> "/home/merci...4-1131.jar" cannot be deleted because you do not have
> permissions to modify its parent folder."
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> Where is the trash folder located in my /home/?
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> Thanks.

I found mine (I use Xfce4) using:

$cd ; find . -name '*rash'

This gives me several false positives, but one, .local/share/Trash, 
seems to be the one Xfce4 uses. The others are various MUAs, I think.

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Paul E Condon           
pecondon@mesanetworks.net