On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:05 AM, Oleg Krupnov wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to programmatically empty the Trash can?
> 
> I could delete all files from /Users/<account>/.Trash folder, but I am
> not sure if it's a legitimate way. Also it will not include trashed
> files from other volumes, stored in /.Trashes/<account id>. The latter
> are generally not accessible even to list them without root
> permissions, so there is no easy way to empty that part of the Trash.
> 
> Another related question would be how to measure the total size of all
> files in the Trash (other than scanning), including the files on other
> volumes.
> 
> Thanks!

Why exactly do you want to do that?

Charles
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