trash file(s)
moves file(s) to Recycle Bin folder, Recycle Bin folder will be created if necessary).
RecycleBin file(s) flag
FLAG can be:
-ls : lists contents of Recycle Bin.
-r : restores selected file to original directory. Wildcard works only when no multiple copies of same file are trashed.
-rc : restore file(s) to current directory. Wildcard works only when no multiple copies of same file are trashed.
-e : deletes files from Recycle Bin folder and deletes the folder afterwards if all files are deleted.
-o : deletes older versions of specified trashed file (no wildcard allowed)
-log: view "trash.log" file.
-size : displays number of objects & total size
trash : works like (delete) except for moving files to selected (Recycle Bin) folder. If not specified, the default (Recycle Bin) folder will be created in current directory.
NOTES:
* Make sure you specify the path of your Recycle Bin folder by editing the first line of the script!
* wildcard can be used for trashing files, trash options (ls), but NOT (old). For restore, wildcard works only if no multiple copies of same file are trashed.
* this program has been tested only on (Windows) but not on (UNIX)!
Examples:
trash myfile.m % Trashing one file.
trash myfile.m myotherfile.exe % Trashing 2 files
trash -ls % Listing files in Recycle Bin
trash *.exe -ls % Listing files in trash with extention (exe).
trash file.xls -o % Deleting old versions of (file.xls) and keeping the latest one.
trash *.exe -r % Restoring (*.exe) to original directory.
trash myfile.m -rc % Restoring (myfile.m) to current directoty.
trash -e % Emptying Recycle Bin
trash file.m -e % Deleting (file.m) from the Recycle Bin
trash -size % Displaying number of files & total size in Recycle Bin |
