dl

A safer way to 'rm' your files by moving them to the trash

Written in C. Works only on Linux.

What it does

Safely delete files and directories by moving them to the Trash directory ($XDG_DATA_HOME/Trash or $HOME/.local/share/Trash).

Install

$ cd dl/
$ sudo make install

Usage

$ dl <path> [..]

Examples:
    $ dl foo.jpg bar.txt
    $ dl *.txt
    $ dl games_dir

Tip

Alias rm to dl in your SHELL configuration file (.bashrc , .zshrc).

alias rm='dl'

TODO

• add support for symbolic files and /tmp
• create $XDG_DATA_HOME/Trash and subdirs if it does not exist
• remove duplicates in Trash by renaming identical files
  • related issue: deleting a directory with the same name as that of a dir in Trash throws errors

Prior art

• https://github.com/sindresorhus/trash-cli