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Trash: safer alternative to rm (cross-platform)

• hartator 12y ago
  http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?rm http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?rm It can be interesting to match the behavior of `rm` exactly like UNIX rm and alias `trash` as the place of `rm`. It's still hard to convince people to use a another command than `rm`. Specially if you can do almost the same thing by using `mv` and predefined directory.
  • mofle 12y ago
    > you can do almost the same thing by using `mv` and predefined directory. Not really. The mv command isn't cross-platform and moving to trash is not just about moving the file to a "trash" directory. On all OSes you'll run into file conflicts. The user won't easily be able to restore the file. It won't work on an external drive. The trash directory location varies between Windows versions. For Linux there's a whole spec you need to follow. On OS X you'll loose the Put back feature.
• jcr 12y ago
  The word "trash" is far too much typing, so we should shorten it to "tr" "as" or "sh" ummm, wait! well, it seems "ra" might work.
  • mofle 12y ago
    Added a tip about that: https://github.com/sindresorhus/trash/blob/master/readme.md#tip https://github.com/sindresorhus/trash/blob/master/readme.md#...