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On Ubuntu, use trash instead of rm/rmdir. trash is part of trash-cli.
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use-trash.el
;; use trash for remove files
(defun my-trash-file (FILENAME)
(call-process-shell-command (concat "trash " FILENAME)
nil 0))
;; call-process-shell-command doesnt wait, with BUFFER 0
(defalias 'delete-file 'my-trash-file)
(defalias 'delete-directory 'my-trash-file)
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