Michael Havens <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > why does deleting a file move it to .Trash but not make the space available > for reuse?
Because, as already said, as far as the filesystem is concerned it's still a file taking up space. Longer answer: I guess you are using a "desktop" interface, click the file, and tell the file manager to delete it. It doesn't delete it, it moves it to the Trash (english: wastebasket) from where you can recover it if you decide it was a mistake deleting it. You have to explicitly empty the wastebasket before the file actually disappears and the space becomes available again. While this isn't really an rsync issue, I see two workarounds : 1) Discipline yourself to emptying the wastbasket from time to time - I've seen user with *massive* amounts of stuff in there as they've never emptied it for as long as they've owned the computer ! 2) Use an "--exclude" clause to rsync to exclude files in the wastebasket, then these files won't get synced to your flash drive. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
