Re: Automate emptying trash bin

Hi,

of course there is a way to do this via a script. We're talking about KDE :).
I remember doing it by DCOP, but I can't find the option any more.

However, you can use ktrash. ktrash accepts --empty, so "ktrash --empty" will 
empty the trash can of the logged in user. If you need to run this script as 
root or as a different user you might need to use su or sudo and correct 
XAUTHORITY and DISPLAY variables.

This might work:
XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.XAUTHORITY DISPLAY=:0 su user -c "ktrash --empty"

Maybe you figure out some problems when trying to empty the trash can of a 
user that isn't logged in; I just emptied the trash can every time a user 
logged in.

Good luck.

--Michael

Am Mittwoch, 3. Januar 2007 01:59 schrieb Murray Trainer:
> Hi All,
>
> On our system, when users fill up their disk quota, they can't login any
> more.  I was thinking one way of avoiding this would be to empty their
> trash if their disk space is low.  Is there any way of doing this via a
> script?
>
> Thanks
>
> Murray
>
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