Re: Automate emptying trash bin

Hi Michael,

Thanks for that.  Unfortunately the ktrash --empty requires an X-session
to be running.  I might have to just do:

rm -f ~/.local/Share/Trash/files/*
rm -f ~/.local/Share/Trash/info/*

Which seems to work :-)

Murray

> 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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