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I cannot delete files from root's Trash

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http://askubuntu.com – I deleted some large files from nautilus launched as sudo. They still show in /home/.Trash-0/files/ when I type sudo sh -c "du -h /home | grep -P '[0-9]G\t'" but when I type sudo rm /home/.Trash-0/files/* I get the message rm: cannot remove `/home/.Trash-0/files/*': No such file or directory (HowTos)

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Submitted by missing on 11/13/2012

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The /home directory on my host is an NFS mount connected to a server which is not in my control. When deleting files in $HOME with Nautilus I get the following message:

Cannot move file to trash, do you want to delete immediately?

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Where do i find the trash folder location in my file system?

I am login as a non-root user; have searched in my home directory with "-a" switch with ls command but couldn't find anything related to trash; though could see some hidden files/directories.

On the other hand on the GUI, there is a folder called Trash which has all the files deleted.

I've tried using sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/files/ and even going myself as root doing the same, and recreating the folder its still there, it was from a pendrive at one point and I deleted it but now I cant get it to delete permanently.

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I ran this command

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