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Bug 141134 - Before emptying the trash, Nautilus should try to make its content writable
Before emptying the trash, Nautilus should try to make its content writable
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 108307
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Trash
unspecified
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-04-26 11:03 UTC by Julien Olivier
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---



Description Julien Olivier 2004-04-26 11:03:16 UTC
Description of Problem:

I think Nautilus should try to make files
modifiable before emptying the trash. For example,
if I copy the content of a CD on my desktop, it
won't have write authorization. If, later, I put
it in the trash, I won't be able to empty it
because I will lack the write permission.

I think a simple solution would to attempt to run
"chmod u+w -R" on the content of the trash before
emptying it. That way, if the user owns the files
in the trash he will be able to remove them, even
if they are read-only.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Copy a data CD on your desktop
2. Move the folder into the trash
3. Empty the trash

Actual Results:

You get an error about you not having write-access
to the files in the trash.

Expected Results:

You should be able to empty your trash if it
contains files you own, even if they are read-only.
Comment 1 Matthew Gatto 2004-05-08 23:32:31 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 108307 ***