Re: [Evolution] Can't expunge trash

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> >
> Thank you.  I have checked out that page before and also this:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=550414
>
> As root and non root I tried the following:
>
> rm ~/.evolution/mail/local/inbox.ev-summary
> rm: cannot remove `/root/.evolution/mail/local/inbox.ev-summary': No
> such file or directory
>
> rm ~/.evolution/mail/local/inbox.ibex.index
> rm: cannot remove `/root/.evolution/mail/local/inbox.ibex.index': No
> such file or directory
>
> Any other ideas?

Are you trying to use Evolution as root??  (If you are, a word of
advice, DON'T - logging in and running as user root as your normal
username will cause you many heartaches in the future.)

If not, then all that's happening is that as root user the '~'
translates to '/root', and that's not what you want.  (A '~' in a file
name means "my home directory", and if you are user root, that is
"/root").  You should be logged in as the user who is trying to run
Evolution when you perform the above commands, and the files they should
be trying to erase are usually in /home/<user>/.evolution where <user>
is the username.

P.