HOW TO - Add an "Empty Trash" option

[JimmyN]

I've added this to 2 different Pi's (B+) running Jessie, no problems. Thanks go to Nicolas Bernaerts for the scripts.

When you right click on the "Trash" icon you'll have "Empty Trash" included in the dropdown menu. When selected it will show the number of items in the trash and ask to confirm deletion. Just like Mother Nature intended.

All the commands/steps are shown below. If you're wary of using wget, and what the files may contain, I'll include the contents at the bottom so you can look them over and manually copy/paste the files to the proper location.

First install "trash-cli"

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install trash-cli

Now we'll create a couple of new directories. Don't use sudo, these should belong to the user.

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mkdir --parents $HOME/.local/share/file-manager/actions

Next we'll fetch the .desktop file and put it in the new "/file-manager/actions" directory. That's all one long line, don't break it.

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wget -O $HOME/.local/share/file-manager/actions/ask-trash-empty.desktop https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NicolasBernaerts/ubuntu-scripts/master/lubuntu/trash-empty/ask-trash-empty.desktop

We need to add a shell script to "/usr/local/bin" and make it executable. You'll need sudo for this.

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sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/ask-trash-empty https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NicolasBernaerts/ubuntu-scripts/master/lubuntu/trash-empty/ask-trash-empty

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ask-trash-empty

Now log out then back in, or reboot. Right clicking on the Trash icon should now provide an "Empty Trash" option.

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If you prefer to do it manually rather than using "wget":

Contents of "ask-trash-empty.desktop". Put it in "~/.local/share/file-manager/actions".

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Action
Profiles=profile-zero;
Name[en_US]=Empty Trash
Name[en]=Empty Trash
Name[C]=Empty Trash
Name[fr_FR]=Vider la corbeille
     
[X-Action-Profile profile-zero]
MimeTypes=inode/directory;
Basenames=trash:///
Exec=/usr/local/bin/ask-trash-empty
Name[en_US]=Empty Trash
Name[en]=Empty Trash
Name[C]=Empty Trash
Name[fr_FR]=Vider la corbeille

Contents of "ask-empty-trash". Put it in "/user/local/bin". Don't forget to make it executable.

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#!/bin/sh
# -------------------------------------------------------
#  Script used to empty trash from context menu 
#
#  Used in http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/...
#
#  01/11/2014, V1.0 - Creation by N. Bernaerts
# -------------------------------------------------------
 
# retrieve number of files in the trash
TRASH_QTY=`/usr/bin/trash-list | wc -l`
 
# ask for confirmation
[ "$TRASH_QTY" != "0" ] && zenity --question --title="" --text="Trash contains $TRASH_QTY items.\n\nDo you want to empty it ?"
 
# if answer is yes, empty trash
[ "$?" = "0" ] && /usr/bin/trash-empty

[Dewsweeper]

While the CLI commands work to add 'Empty Trash' to the right click menu, My question is "Why isn't this the default setup?" This is the way most operating systems are configured and, in my humble opinion, is a significant burden for a new user.

[alotibwk]

:" now the wastebasket unvisible
i just copy and paste the command line then reboot the system
I tried to use empty-trash code but not work. Also i see wastebasket in Desktop appearance settings and check on it. and still not visible in the desktop
i want autoremove wastebasket

[alotibwk]

I reboot the system again and i see the new option Empty "Trash" and the wastebasket visible in the desktop

hope rpi put this option in the next update of raspbian

salam