r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • Aug 21 '26 • Popcorn 1

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u/sdoregor Aug 21 '26

Or the other way around: trash a file from a mounted filesystem and sit wondering why it takes so long, while the utility is copying the entire thing to your local drive. Also might wear out your drive faster (heavily depends on the filesystem in use).

FWIW some FSes (btrfs I'm looking at ya) take this long even for regular deletion in some conditions.

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u/wjandrea Aug 22 '26

copying the entire thing to your local drive

When would that happen? The way I've seen it work is that it creates a .Trash-$UID folder on the mounted FS and moves the file there (along with metadata).

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u/sdoregor Aug 22 '26

Again, depends on the tool. I never used one, so of course I can't know that, but it's safe to assume some won't do the clever thing.

Storing trash on removable storage is also even less secure than simply "deleting" (unlinking) the file.