[SOLVED] Where is the root's trash?

[ad_267]

/root is not the same as ~. As ~ depicts/symbolizes your HOME directory. And there is no /root folder in the Filesystem hierarchy.
Posting a path like that could not help the OP either as it would only create ambiguous answer. Be direct instead.

He is asking where root's trash is, not his own trash. ~ depends on which user you are and so ~/.local/share/Trash/files/ is only root's trash if you're logged in as root using sudo. No matter what user you are logged in as /root/.local/share/Trash/files/ is always the roots trash.

And there is no /root folder in the Filesystem hierarchy.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesys...archy_Standard

/root/ Home directory for the root user.

To the OP, if you haven't deleted something as root in nautilus (using rm from the terminal will delete it, not move it to trash) then that directory won't be there.

Some commands to free up some space:

sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get clean

apt-get clean removes all of your downloaded packages so usually you would just use "sudo apt-get autoclean"

[Tom--d]

Few days ago my root partition suddenly was 100% full and I could not do anything and because of that I had to reinstall Ubuntu 8.04. Reading here posts about full root directories I'm trying to learn how to prevent root directory getting full. So I am looking now for root's trash, to know where it is and to empty it if necessary. But I can not find it nor /root/.local. And how to know if there is something in root's trash, if I can not find it?

Use Applications > Accessories > Disk Usage Analyzer.
It shows whats using what. Make sure you scan your whole drive, not your home directory.

[ilrudie]

Perhaps you are confusing the root filesystem (e.g. /) with root's home directory (e.g. /root). The OP could be saying / is full. To me this makes more sense because root really shouldn't have anything in trash.

To OP: Post the output from

df -kh

What is telling you that your root partition is filling up?

[befana]

I am really sorry about my ignorance, but I do not know what is OP.
Please, explain!

[drs305]

befana,

It appears I wrote a tutorial this week that applies to your situation. I think it should answer your questions. Here is the link:
Disk Full? - Check Your Trash Bin(s)

It covers system/root trash, how to find it, how to get rid of it, and what tools/commands are available to do these things.

[Irony]

Type in terminal;

gksudo nautilus

Type your password and hit enter, then paste into the address bar;

/root/.local/share/Trash

And delete anything in it.

[thierrybo]

As far as I remember, I never could open Places->Trash when Nautilus was opened as root. Don't remember if this also occured before Gnome use FreeDesktop specification or not. This issue is not only about Trash. We can't open Places->Computer too.

[thierrybo]

Oh,

also a simple workaround. In Intrepid Ibex install trash-cli package (Universe) and type

sudo empty-trash

to remove all files from your trash including thoses with permission problems and

sudo su
empty-trash
exit

to empty root trash

[glotz]

I am really sorry about my ignorance, but I do not know what is OP.
Please, explain!

OP stands for Original Poster, ie. you in this thread.

[bronner]

where is the root trash in 8.10???? please help