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@@ -3,36 +3,21 @@ Send2Trash -- Send files to trash on all platforms |
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Send2Trash is a small package that sends files to the Trash (or Recycle Bin) *natively* and on |
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*all platforms*. On OS X, it uses native ``FSMoveObjectToTrashSync`` Cocoa calls, on Windows, it |
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uses native (and ugly) ``SHFileOperation`` win32 calls. On other platforms, if `PyGObject`_ and |
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`GIO`_ are available, it will use this. Otherwise, it will fallback to its own implementation |
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of the `trash specifications from freedesktop.org`_. |
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*all platforms*. On OS X, it uses native ``FSMoveObjectToTrashSync`` Cocoa calls. On Windows, it |
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uses native ``IFileOperation`` call if on Vista or newer and pywin32 is installed or falls back |
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to ``SHFileOperation`` calls. On other platforms, if `PyGObject`_ and `GIO`_ are available, it |
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will use this. Otherwise, it will fallback to its own implementation of the `trash specifications |
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from freedesktop.org`_. |
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``ctypes`` is used to access native libraries, so no compilation is necessary. |
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Send2Trash supports Python 2.7 and up (Python 3 is supported). |
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Status: Maintainer needed |
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Status: Additional Help Welcome |
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I haven't had access to a Windows or MacOS environment for years now. I don't |
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care for those platforms as much as I used to. I also don't use this library |
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any more. |
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This is the most popular library I've authored and many people and projects |
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rely on it. I don't intend on letting it go broken. I am, however, wanting to |
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get rid of its maintainership burden. |
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It's not a big burden, but without access to Windows or MacOS, it can make |
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reviewing PRs a but tricky: I have to blind-merge them. That makes me a rather |
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bad maintainer for this library. So, for the good of the project, it should be |
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someone else. |
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However, being a relatively popular library makes this task a little tricky. |
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As we've seen in the NPM world recently, it has security implications. |
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Therefore, I don't intend on passing this to anyone. If you have some clout or |
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if I can otherwise have confidence that you'll handle the library responsibly, |
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then please contact me and I'll gladly pass this on. |
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Additional help is welcome for supporting this package. Specifically help with the OSX and Linux |
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issues and fixes would be most appreciated. |
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Installation |
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@@ -41,7 +26,7 @@ You can download it with pip:: |
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pip install Send2Trash |
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or you can download the source from http://github.com/hsoft/send2trash and install it with:: |
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or you can download the source from http://github.com/arsenetar/send2trash and install it with:: |
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>>> python setup.py install |
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@@ -50,6 +35,7 @@ Usage |
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>>> from send2trash import send2trash |
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>>> send2trash('some_file') |
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>>> send2trash(['some_file1', 'some_file2']) |
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On Freedesktop platforms (Linux, BSD, etc.), you may not be able to efficiently |
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trash some files. In these cases, an exception ``send2trash.TrashPermissionError`` |
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