Version: (using KDE KDE 3.3.2) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages Compiler: Whatever is used in Debian package version 5.44 OS: Linux It would be nice if one could set the size of trash can (like on Microsoft Windoze) and then... that it would alert one when the trash can is full (as specified by another item on the wishlist). I discovered my disk is full... and found that the trash can is 3.5 GB. Not so great. What complicates the issue is I disabled the desktop icons-- so I didn't even think about the trash can. In someways-- I think this could be considered a bug. If the trash can icon isn't visible it may not be apparent to a more novice user that the trash is gobbling up their disk space. An alternate to the size setting could be a periodic sweep, where, let's say every two months, KDE asks if one wants to empty the trash... or that it just deletes things that is in the trash longer than a specified period of time (e.g. a few weeks). There are lots of possibilities. I look forward to improvements. Keep up the good work!
See also bug #79553 and bug #109259
This would probably need to be coded to only warn once a week, otherwise the notification would get tedious. Probably it would need to do the check when an item is deleted, because if it was on login, some people never/rarely logout/login.
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Come on guys, this is basic functionality that every other O/S with a trash can concept has.
Created attachment 27035 [details] Implements size limit and 'delete after X days' functionality The attached patch implements configurable size limits and the 'delete after X days' functionality. It didn't make it into 3.5.10, maybe into 3.5.11.
Cheers Tobias, this has been waiting for a long time, and I for one thank you.
Tobias committed this for KDE-4.2, closing the bug report.