Re: Folders from user suddenly in trash

[Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>]

Hans <hans.ullrich@mail.de> wrote:
> > But the regular trash folder? My first guess is "the user did
> > that" (of course without noticing: "modern DEs" are complex enough
> > to make such a scenario plausible). My second guess would be some
> > bug in the desktop environment (or in some extension thereof).
> > 
> > Cheers
> 
> Yes, that is what I think, too. Although the user is over 70 years old, I do 
> not believw, he did it. Especially as this was not the first time, it 
> happened. 
> 
I have to say (and I'm well over 70) that the concept of a trash
folder always strikes me as very silly.

If I delete a file I want it deleted so that I actually recover the
space it occupies.

Taking over from the system's way of deleting files and instead moving
them somewhere else is inherently risky, it doesn't get the same care
as regards security as the system's basic utilities do.

Make sure you have a good backup system and, preferably, some sort of
incremental backup of important stuff.  Don't expect the system to
protect you from yourself.

-- 
Chris Green
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