How to list the contents of the Trash under OS X

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

You can determine the UID of the current user under OS X with the 
following function call:

shell("id -u")


For example:

answer "The current user has a UID of: " & shell("id -u")

On Sep 1, 2004, at 1:34 PM, Kirk McElhearn wrote:

> On 9/1/04 7:14 PM, "Howard Bornstein" <howard.bornstein at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> If I set the default folder to "/Users/myUserName/.Trash/" and get the
>> files, it only lists items that have been moved to the trash from the
>> startup disk. Any items moved to the trash from other mounted volumns
>> don't show up.
>>
>> Anybody know why? Or a way around this problem?
>
> Each volume has its own trash. On my Backup volume, for example, it is
> located here:
>
> /Volumes/Backup/.Trashes
>
> Each user has a sub-folder, so my user's trash is here:
>
> /Volumes/Backup/.Trashes/501
>
> So, if you want to access the trash, you need to know the UID.
>
>
> Kirk
>
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