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Prevent local files from being deleted immediately
Authored by: chris_on_hints on Mar 23, '06 12:51:07PM
note that the opposite is also possible - make a file (*not* a directory) called ".Trash" and you can force files to be deleted. I use this on USB memory sticks so that files deleted from it are gone immediately, rather than still taking up space on the stick... try the following in the terminal, when at the root directory of an external hard disk or usb stick:
touch .Trash
enjoy!

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