How to list the contents of the Trash under OS X

[Kirk McElhearn]

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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