Re: [Nautilus-list] my trash is broke???

[John Fleck <jfleck inkstain net>]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 09:00:41AM -0600, Gary Frederick wrote:
> Trash stopped working on directories other than my home directory a few 
> weeks ago.
> 
> If I select a file and press the Delete key on a file on my home 
> directory, it's moved to the trash can.
> 
> If I try the same on another directory (eg /usr/ggf/somefile), a message 
> comes up telling me that the file can't be moved to Trash and asking if 
> I want to delete it immediatly.
> 

This is the behavior (and an odd behavior at that) exhibited when you
don't have the permission to delete the file in question. (It won't
actually delete the file - it'll give you an error.) Are you sure
you don't have a permissions problem associated with the file you're
trying to delete?

Cheers,

John