[Solved] Does anyone know of a GUI trash management app?

[markfilipak]

Hello,

Does anyone know of a GUI trash management app?

I don't have a desktop because I run Mint inside a virtual machine that is in so-called "Seamless Mode".

Thank You.

[DrHu]

First which VM (Virtualbox or VMware ??)
--seamless mode doesn't prevent you switching to the other Host or Guest OS desktop, if you need to see the desktop..

Virtualbox, VMware --seamless mode
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux- ... irtualize/
http://www.howtogeek.com/171145/use-vir ... l-machine/

http://richhewlett.com/2013/01/30/using ... less-mode/

Seamless windows mode..
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04. ... esswindows

[richyrich]

All I know and use is Thunar, the Xfce File Manager.

[markfilipak]

First which VM (Virtualbox or VMware ??)
--seamless mode doesn't prevent you switching to the other Host or Guest OS desktop, if you need to see the desktop.

Thank you for your suggestions, but...
1, The Host's desktop can't show the Guest's trashcan, and
2, Even if I leave seamless mode so that I can see the Xfce desktop, clicking the trashcan simply opens my file manager (Double Commander) but doesn't otherwise provide any trash management.

[markfilipak]

All I know and use is Thunar, the Xfce File Manager.

Thank You! -ding-ding-ding-!
I didn't know Thunar managed the trash. I'll continue to use Double Commander for day-to-day work, but I'll use Thunar for trash.

Thank you for your help.

[MtnDewManiac]

IDK how/if it works via a VM interface, but if you can use the Shift-Delete key combination instead of the Delete key by itself, your files actually get deleted(*) instead of just being moved to the "trash" directory.

(*)Well... Marked as deleted and prone to being (eventually) overwritten. Using an application such as Bleachbit (there are bound to be others, probably even ones that only "securely delete" files/directories) to delete your files and folders is probably closer to a true "delete," in that it'll overwrite the space on the hard drive which is occupied by the file. Several times.

Regards,
MDM

[markfilipak]

Thank You, MDM. I knew about shift-delete, but I didn't know about bleachbit.