From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Paul wrote:   
   > On Fri, 2/6/2026 1:42 PM, Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> Mike Easter wrote:   
   >>> RonB wrote:   
   >>>> My main computer (running LM 21.3 Cinnamon) has the trash folder in   
   >>>> ~/.local/share/Trash. I had trouble finding it because I kept searching   
   for   
   >>>> the lower case "trash."   
   >>>   
   >>> My Nemo shows Trash icon; but I cannot find such a directory. There is not   
   such in my Home/.local/share dir.   
   >>>   
   >>> The 'dir structure' shown in my Nemo is not 'consistent' re the Trash   
   situation.   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't yet understand how this works.   
   >>>   
   >> I'm seeing that 'some' of the Nemo dir structure icons do NOT correspond   
   conventionally.   
   >>   
   >> Two examples so far: Trash and Recents   
   >>   
   >> When I employ the function of examining Properties of those alleged 'dir/s'   
   I do NOT get the conventional info.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Take a testtest.txt file and throw it in the Trash.   
   >   
   > Now, use Nemo and the search there, to find it. You   
   > want to search on the root of the word as "testtest"   
   > to be assured of finding it.   
   >   
   > You can also use the find command from the command line.   
   >   
   >      find / -name "*testtest*" -print   
   >   
   > or even   
   >   
   >     sudo updatedb   
   >     locate testtest   
   >   
   > If your Trash has been set to directly-delete, then   
   > there is no need for storage :-) And the Nemo search   
   > will "fail", because no "mv" was used at all, and   
   > instead the software used "rm".   
   >   
   > Make sure that you are actually configured to use   
   > Trash in the "buffered way", for there to be a   
   > folder sitting there for you.   
   >   
   I've found another way to chase it down; working on the recents issue   
   instead of trash.   
      
   The /actual/ directory situation, rather than the way Nemo 'displays'   
   the icons is that of:   
      
   /home/mike/.local/share/gvfs-metadata   
      
   ... which contains *binaries* for recent and trash, as well as   
   corresponding logs w/ a longish uuid, but it isn't a conventional text   
   file as it 'locks up' the text editor if I try to open it that way.   
      
   https://askubuntu.com/questions/633955/what-is-gvfsd-metadata   
      
   https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=449175   
   What is gvfsd-metadata actually good for?   
      
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   Mike Easter   
      
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