On Feb 5, 2008 12:59 PM, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wilfred wrote: > > It would be great if rm supported moving a file to a freedesktop.org > > compliant trash folder. This woud save much heartache by giving a > > 'safer' option for newbies. > > This is easily done. Simply create an alias that moves the file > instead of removing it. > > alias rm="mv --target-directory=$HOME/.Trash/" > > But please don't make this a system default since this behavior is not > appreciated by many. > > Bob > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-coreutils mailing list > Bug-coreutils@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils >
Additionally, I use the --backup option to prevent overwriting existing files & folders in the trash (in order to be similar to the "Recycle Bin" behavior). # my del alias del='mv --verbose --backup=simple --suffix=$(date +".(%F_%T)") --target-directory=$HOME/.Trash/' Steve _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
