trash-d: Replacement for rm that uses the trash bin

[H. S. Teoh]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 02:19:58AM +0000, rushsteve1 via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
> https://github.com/rushsteve1/trash-d
> 
> A near drop-in replacement for `rm` that uses the Freedesktop trash
> bin.  Started because an acquaintance `rm -rf`'d his music folder and
> I thought there had to be a better way.

Cool!


> It's pretty simple and only uses the D stdlib. Been working on it in
> my spare time for a bit over a week and I figure it's good enough to
> show people.

Very nice!


> I started this project in Bash originally but switched to D since I
> thought it would be a good way to learn some more (also Bash is
> scary). Ended up being a great choice!

Agreed, I wouldn't touch bash scripting with a 100-foot pole if I could
help it.  D is much better for this sort of thing. ;-)


> Pretty new to D so feedback welcome!

Welcome!


T

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