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    Does linux have a never ending amount of trash folders...

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Bungalo Bill, Jan 8, 2009.

  1. Bungalo Bill

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    So I'm backing up my computer via tar for the first time. This is the most tedius backup I've ever done. It's mostly because I can see what it's doing and keep noticing things I don't need taking a long time. My newest annoyance, UBUNTU HAS 4 THOUSAND PLACES IT PUTS TRASH!!@#!#!#!@#$!@#

    So I had crossover installed with a steam folder. I unistalled all this a few days ago. It found itself in "/home/<username/.local/share/trash" I do not need this, so I stop raring. IT's taking forever to rar the folder and I don't want it anyways. I start the whole thing over, for probably the 15th time. What does it do? A bit further in this time it starts raring a nice little folder called trash-0.
    !~#@!#!#

    I just let it do it this time.

    Then at the end it said "Exit delayed from previous errors"
    There were no previous errors.
    I'm glad I have a ghost image of this anyways. I just wanted to see how well this method works. My answer, !!@!$!@$. Never EVER backup with tar. The end.
     
    Bungalo Bill, Jan 8, 2009
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    linux doesn't, but Nautilus does.
     
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  3. Bungalo Bill

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    I am so glad I did a ghost image before I tried that...

    In the process of doing that, apparently I hosed my system.
     
    Bungalo Bill, Jan 9, 2009
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    Don't use tar, use rsync. I use rsync to regularly back up my home directory, and I don't run into any issues. Then again, I'm using KDE, so I don't have to deal with GNOME and its idiocy.
     
    srunni, Jan 9, 2009
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  5. Bungalo Bill

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    Ghost is a liar. I store my important data on my external anyways, but now I have to reinstall. Ghost did not recognize my ext 3 partitions. Booting into a live disc to rescue the few files I didn't have backed up and reinstalling...now to start my hours of downloading software...

    By trying to prevent data loss I have lost all my data.
     
    Bungalo Bill, Jan 9, 2009
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    rm -r .Trash* too much for you? =P
     
    EateryOfPiza, Jan 9, 2009
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    it's not just .trash, which is really stupid
     
    Amranu, Jan 9, 2009
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    No, but stopping a tar in the middle after going for 20 minutes and then doing it again and then doing it again, is annoying.


    Also, I was able to recover my data...
     
    Bungalo Bill, Jan 9, 2009
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