Be aware that for some removable (or otherwise non-local) media, some systems will create a .Trash-### directory on the media itself in the root directory.
This prevents unnecessary copying of files from the media to a local disk, and only a few media-specific location indicators actually need to be changed for the Trashed file(s).
The ### is generally the user’s ID number as stored in /etc/passwd, and, on Debian derivatives at least, is usually 1000 for the first user, 1001 for the second, etc., but I have heard of some systems that just use .Trash with no suffix, or did so at some point in the past.
Be aware that for some removable (or otherwise non-local) media, some systems will create a
.Trash-###
directory on the media itself in the root directory.This prevents unnecessary copying of files from the media to a local disk, and only a few media-specific location indicators actually need to be changed for the Trashed file(s).
The
###
is generally the user’s ID number as stored in/etc/passwd
, and, on Debian derivatives at least, is usually1000
for the first user,1001
for the second, etc., but I have heard of some systems that just use.Trash
with no suffix, or did so at some point in the past.