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  • @bnjmn
    2•8 months ago

    Using trash is good… aliasing it to rm, maybe not so good

    • macallikOP
      2•8 months ago

      Care to elaborate?

      For me, it once caused an issue once when I thought I was deleting files to make space for /boot/efi/ being at capacity (dual booting issues at the time) when in actuality I was just moving files to an impromptu trash can created on /boot/efi (so the lack of space remained the same lol), but on numerous occasions, it has actually saved my ass and allowed me to retrieve documents that I realized I needed to look at again.

      The only other quirk is it straight up ignores all options, so I’ve tried to delete interactively (rm -i) and then had to use trash-list to view the deleted files

      • @bnjmn
        2•8 months ago

        Maybe I’m being a little paranoid, but I DID accidentally delete a few directories with dotenvs in them, which is what led me to find trash in the first place. That experience really traumatized me… so to break the rm habit and make sure I don’t do that on ANY computer I set up abbr rm '# Don\'t use this! Use trash-cli instead' # and abbr t trash.

        • conkbin
          2•8 months ago

          I try to keep backups of almost everything, so even if I accidentally delete something and only notice after a clear the trash, there is still a chance I will recover the missing pieces.