From 3ecbc3af7fe0118c24be004f87d4aefc5575d082 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adam <git@adamrgrey.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:06:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] bypass trash, a necessary feature that has been removed in
 linux desktop environments

---
 bash/bypasstrash.sh | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 bash/bypasstrash.sh

diff --git a/bash/bypasstrash.sh b/bash/bypasstrash.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f90119b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash/bypasstrash.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#/bin/bash
+#thanks, bewilderex63. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/51840/how-to-disable-trash-can-in-thunar-xfce
+
+# Once at the start for good measure
+rm -rf .local/share/Trash/files/*
+
+while [ true ]
+do
+    inotifywait ~/.local/share/Trash/files
+
+    # Don't get stuck in a CPU-melting loop if something goes wrong
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+    then
+        exit $?
+    fi
+
+    # Good riddance
+    rm -rf .local/share/Trash/files/*
+done