{"repo":"sindresorhus/trash","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/sindresorhus/trash","clone":"git clone https://github.com/sindresorhus/trash.git","description":"Move files and directories to the trash","language":"JavaScript","stars":2667,"topics":["trash","recycle-bin","delete","nodejs","npm-package"],"license":"MIT","category":"dev-tools","readme_excerpt":"Move files and folders to the trash Works on macOS (10.12+), Linux, and Windows (8+). Note: The Linux implementation is not very good and not maintained. Help welcome. If no one steps up to help maintain it, I will eventually remove Linux support. In contrast to fs.unlink , del , and rimraf which permanently delete files, this only moves them to the trash, which is much safer and reversible. Install Usage API trash(input, options?) Returns a Promise . input Type: string string[] Accepts paths and glob patterns. Non-existent files and glob patterns that match nothing are silently ignored. If you need to know whether files were actually trashed, check for their existence beforehand. options Type: object glob Type: boolean \\ Default: true Enable globbing when matching file paths. CLI To install the trash command, run: Info On macOS, macos-trash is used.\\ On Linux, the XDG spec is followed.\\ On Windows, recycle-bin is used. On WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), files are moved to the Windows Recycle Bin. FAQ But I can do the same thing with mv Not really. The mv command isn't cross-platform and moving to trash is not just about moving the file to a \"trash\" directory. On all OSes you'll run into file conflicts. The user won't easily be able to restore the file. It won't work on an external drive. The trash directory location varies between Windows versions. For Linux, there's a whole spec you need to follow. On macOS, you'll lose the Put back feature. Windows service account behav","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/sindresorhus","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/sindresorhus/trash/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}