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an easier way....
Authored by: ajr on Jan 27, '02 11:38:05AM
An esier way may be..
  1. Open Terminal
  2. cd Desktop
  3. ln -s Trash ~/.Trash/
You will now have a Trash directory on your desktop!

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an easier way....
Authored by: efoivx on Jan 27, '02 01:26:30PM

be sure you HAVE something IN your TRASH before you do this.
If nothing is in the Trash the item ~/.Trash/ does NOT exist.

Cheers :-)



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an easier way....
Authored by: ashevin on Jan 28, '02 01:59:08PM

While this is true for the alias method, it is not true for the "ln -s ..." method. With (unix) symbolic links, the target (.trash) does not need to exist.

- Avi



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HELP!!
Authored by: strummer on Jan 29, '02 07:27:31PM

well, i hope you can help, since i did really want to get a desktop trash icon... and well, now I get bupkis!
i ran the terminal as you suggested and when i restarted the startup osx screen hangs at
STARTING FILE DELETION TRACKING
I can't boot up in osx
any help??? please....
cheers,
brian



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