Michael Havens 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
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
This isn't really an rsync question but...
No, moving a file to .Trash does not free space. As far as the file
system is concerned this is just another directory and the file is not
actually deleted yet.
As far as compression goes, you have 2 choice