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# Trash management

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To prevent accidental deletion of files, you can use a trash can. To ensure compatibility between multiple applications, you can use software (CLI, GUI or Library) that follow the FreeDesktop.org's Trash specification.

Note: Some applications can use a trash can per filesystem (see the specification)
Warning: When deleting files on another filesystem, usage of a trash can induce some latency because the files will be transferred between filesystems. In this case, you might want to use a implementation that create a trash folder per filesystem (See `Trash directories` in the specification).

## Trash creation

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- trash-cli — A command-line interface implementing FreeDesktop.org's Trash specification.

  https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli || trash-cli

- bashtrash — Freedesktop-complient trashcan implemented in bash script

  https://github.com/robrwo/bashtrash/blob/master/trash || bashtrashAUR

- trashman — A Python trash manager

  https://github.com/Kwpolska/trashman || trashmanAUR

- rmtrash — trash-put made compatible to GNUs rm and rmdir

  https://github.com/PhrozenByte/rmtrash || rmtrashAUR

## Trash space usage management

To prevent the trash can from using to much space, you can empty it yourself, or have a pruning policy

### Software list

autotrash (not in the AUR)

### Criteria

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- make sure to have at least x MB of free space
- delete files older than x days
- only empty if you have less than x MB of free space (useful in combination of previous criteria)
- maximum trash can size
- file size
- file type
- original path

### Automation

To automate emptying the trash can, you can use cron, systemd/Timers, or inotify (using inotify, only new deletion would trigger the trash can automation)

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