EMPTYTRASH

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NAME

emptytrash - the trash collector used with can

SYNOPSIS

emptytrash

DESCRIPTION

Emptytrash simply looks into each $HOME/.trashcan and checks the last access time which is usually set by can(1). Anything that it finds that is more than seven days old it permanently removes via rm(1). This amount of time can be changed by changing the "7" in the script file. The best thing to do is to put this in your root crontab file and have it executed everyday.

FILES

$HOME/.trashcan: The reservoir of canned files

BUGS

Only that this was a quicky and could be made better by having it accept an argument that would determine the amount of elapsed time to check for.

AUTHOR

The Bit Butcher
With the help of Steph Luse.

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Time: 07:13:33 GMT, December 12, 2024