Deleting files from /opt folder does not show up in Trash folder

[dwillyson]

I have chown /opt folder to my user id so that i can store files there. I also have /.Trash folder which is chmod 1777.

Now when i delete a file which belongs to me from /opt it ends up
in /.Trash/1000/ folder, but which i click on nautilus trash icon,
it shows trash as empty.

The above behavior is only for /(root) partition. When i mount removable media and delete files, they promptly show up in my trash and i can empty them.

I've tried to search on google.. but to no avail. If someone knows how to fix this, it would be a big help.

thanks

[Lakshmipathi]

I can't understand your question correctly.
Are you saying,that deleting files (using X) from /opt doesn't show up in .Trash?

If you are deleting from command line,.the files won't be placed in .Trash
Only when you delete it using X (right click + trash ) those fiels willbe found under
.Trash.

Is /opt created as a separate partition?

[dwillyson]

Let me rephrase my question. I am using nautilus to delete files. When i delete from my home folder they end up in the trash can.. but when i delete from /opt folder (it part of the / partition). I have only 2 partitions (/ and /home). /opt directory is owned by me..so i can copy and delete files from this directory just fine.

When i delete files from /opt/, they end up under /.Trash/1000/ directory.. but
the trash can show empty. I have to manually go to the /.Trash/1000/ directory to delete these files.

Does this make it any clearer ?

[Lakshmipathi]

but
the trash can show empty

When you delete from /opt,Your Trash icon shows empty even if you have files on .Trash ? -is that question?
Try Desktop Refresh , does that shows deleted files?

I have to manually go to the /.Trash/1000/ directory to delete these files

Even if you don't see any files ,just Right click + Trash . I guess that should work.
Go to /.Trash/1000/ directory verify it.

[dwillyson]

When you delete from /opt,Your Trash icon shows empty even if you have files on .Trash ? -is that question?
Try Desktop Refresh , does that shows deleted files?

Yeah! That's the question and doing refresh doesn't help. Besides this is not a windows system

Even if you don't see any files ,just Right click + Trash . I guess that should work.
Go to /.Trash/1000/ directory verify it.

Like i said, the files do end up in /.Trash/1000/ directory, but trash can does not
show them.

[Lakshmipathi]

Like i said, the files do end up in /.Trash/1000/ directory, but trash can does not show them

I guess then it's an issue with X ..are you using KDE or GNOME?what's your distro?

[dwillyson]

I guess then it's an issue with X ..are you using KDE or GNOME?what's your distro?

It's not an X issue. I guess you are not a desktop guy. And btw, I'm not a newbie. It's gvfs related issue. And nautilus is file manager used by gnome.

[bigtomrodney]

The .Trash directory functions only for the volume/partition that the deleted files came from. For example, if you delete a file from a USB drive, the .Trash files will be on /media/USBdrive/.Trash as an example.

The Trash icon on your desktop looks at the Trash bin for you home partition as far as I am aware.

[dwillyson]

The .Trash directory functions only for the volume/partition that the deleted files came from. For example, if you delete a file from a USB drive, the .Trash files will be on /media/USBdrive/.Trash as an example.

The Trash icon on your desktop looks at the Trash bin for you home partition as far as I am aware.

That's not true. It looks at .Trash folders in all mount partitions. When i delete something from a removable media, the trash icon shows the content. The only partition it is not showing for is "/".

[bigtomrodney]

What permissions are set on /.Trash as compared to ~/.Trash (or ~/.local/.Trash or the equivalent).