Can't Empty .Trash
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bash (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Don't think this is a bug (don't know), but I've tried everything, and am turning to you.
I'm using Ubuntu 7.1 on Dell Laptop.
When I try to empty the trash, I get this error message:
Error while deleting.
"/home/
you do not have permission to modify its parent folder.
I understand I don't have the permissions.
I would do a chown, but I don't know the full path name, because of the "..."
I did this:
rich@rich-laptop:~$ sudo updatedb
Password:
rich@rich-laptop:~$ locate gspca.mod
/home/rich/
/home/rich/
/home/rich/
rich@rich-laptop:~$
And then this:
rich@rich-laptop:~$ cd .Trash
rich@rich-
rm: cannot remove `gspca.mod': No such file or directory
rich@rich-
How can I know the full path name, to delete this file?
Thank you very much,
Rich
| RichPicker (rich-braden) wrote | #1 |
| jtholmes (jtholmes) wrote | #2 |
| Matthias Klose (doko) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in bash: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
Sorry this is linked to the other bug. I couldn't see how to post.
Here are some other results:
rich@rich-laptop:~$ cd ~/.Trash
rich@rich-
total 0
rich@rich-
. .. ...gspca.mod
It is not there with "-lt" but it IS there with "-a"
rich@rich-laptop:~$ rm -rf ~/.Trash/*
rich@rich-laptop:~$ cd ~/.Trash
rich@rich-
. .. ...gspca.mod
rich@rich-
It is still there. This is puzzling. I can't delete it. Yet I get no error message when trying to delete it.