rm -R

From: Tim Henderson <bizdev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:49:51 -0400

Quick question. If I rm -R a few files and dirs, are they sent to any
sort of trash, or are they "gone" for good?

In unix I know rm'd files go to .Trash, at least on my versino of
FreeBSD, however not sure about Ubuntu.

Thanks.

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