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Files not being deleted from trash Sat Apr 15, 2017 1:59 pm • by jstaso
I have Hazel set to delete items in the trash after 1 week. I just looked at my trash and there are many items in there over a year old. In the log it shows some items are being deleted, but many aren't. The files in there aren't protected by permission issues either.
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Re: Files not being deleted from trash Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:40 am • by Mr_Noodle
Check the logs for messages pertaining to those files in particular. Post/email the messages you find.
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Re: Files not being deleted from trash Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:53 pm • by jstaso
There are no file names mentioned in the log. Here is one example of a trash purge. There is no file name mentioned:

2017-04-16 13:15:12.170 hazelworker[26280] File configd-pattern.plist has been sitting in the trash for too long. Purging.


I have some instances of below but I don't have any permissions set:

2017-04-16 11:00:51.594 hazelworker[25978] Secure delete operation was successful but file still exists. Probably a permissions issue.
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Re: Files not being deleted from trash Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:21 am • by Mr_Noodle
That log message does mention "configd-pattern.plist". That is the filename in this case. I believe I already responded in email, but there is some permissions issue with deleting that file. If you try deleting that file manually and it prompts you for a password, then that confirms the permissions issue. In such a case, you will have to delete such files manually.
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Re: Files not being deleted from trash Tue Apr 18, 2017 5:48 pm • by jstaso
I was able to delete that file without a password.
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Re: Files not being deleted from trash Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:30 am • by Mr_Noodle
Let's continue this in email instead of having the same conversation in two places.
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