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What is .Trash and .Trash-1000?

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Mar 15, 202650346 views
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Can someone tell me what these folders (.Trash and .Trash-1000) mean? They just appeared in my mountpoint and I'm wondering how?

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Have a look at How to prevent Ubuntu from creating a .Trash-1000 folder when deleting files from a USB flashdrive?. According to the article, Ubuntu will create such folders when a file is deleted from a USB drive. Presumably this would allow a file…

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