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I was trying to Rename the folder Trash to Crap.

I did this

I first ran cd /home/username/.local/share/

Now my present working directory is /home/username/.local/share

then when I typed ls I could see the folder Trash.

then I renamed it to Crap by typing mv Trash Crap

and then when I again typed ls I could see that the folder was renamed to Crap but on the launcher when I open the Trash folder it's still named as Trash and not Crap. Why is that so?

Braiam
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Mukund
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  • If you rename Trash to Crap, and then logout and login again and go to `~/.local/share`, there will be another Trash folder created. I think you need to change some other XDG settings as well (or perhaps use a symlink): see the [trash spec](http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/trash-spec). –  Jan 12 '13 at 17:44
  • @Mik No I just logged out and logged in again. There is not folder named trash...its still crap – Mukund Jan 12 '13 at 17:47
  • I realise now -it will create another Trash folder once you delete something-I should try it. –  Jan 12 '13 at 17:54
  • @Mik Yeah a new folder Trash is created... so there is no way you can rename it? – Mukund Jan 12 '13 at 17:56
  • I think Trash and other desktop standards are governed by the XDG settings, but it might be possible to change the name by tweaking those XDG settings. Without further research I'm not quite sure which setting it is, however. –  Jan 12 '13 at 18:01
  • Read the [Trash specification](http://www.ramendik.ru/docs/trashspec.html), it has the word trash placed everywhere. So as [Mik](http://askubuntu.com/users/76204/mik) said, it may need a lot of research – blvdeer Jan 12 '13 at 19:33
  • possible duplicate of [How can I change the name "Rubbish Bin" to "Trash" (or "Recycle")](http://askubuntu.com/questions/85241/how-can-i-change-the-name-rubbish-bin-to-trash-or-recycle) – Tom Brossman Jan 12 '13 at 20:52
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    When using English it is called `Rubbish bin` so a method might be to copy the translation to a new name and then change Trash to Crap. This would only affect the launcher ;) – Rinzwind Jan 12 '13 at 20:56
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    I have created an askUbuntu account just for voting this question up. Awesome. – Яois May 14 '14 at 15:46

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Yeah, you can abuse the translations system to do this.

Make a temporary text file using gedit

gedit /tmp/foo.po

and enter this text into it:

msgid "Trash"

msgstr "Crap"

Change to /usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES

cd /usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES

And then apply changes

sudo msgfmt -o unity.mo /tmp/foo.po

Now restart unity to make the changes take effect.

unity --replace

Source: https://askubuntu.com/a/225023/17722

Amith KK
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From the Freedesktop Trash Specification:

For every user a “home trash” directory MUST be available. Its name and location are $XDG_DATA_HOME/Trash ; $XDG_DATA_HOME is the base directory for user-specific data, as defined in the Desktop Base Directory Specification .

So, no. It seems there is no way to rename the directory.

However, you can make a soft link with the name you want, and then hide the Trash directory:

ln -s ~/.local/share/Trash ~/.local/share/Crap
echo Trash > ~/.local/share/.hidden

Not every file explorer will honor this .hidden file, for example the terminal itself. However, it seems to work properly on Nautilus.

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Go to http://ubuntu-tweak.com/ There you can download the program and use it to change it to whatever you want. As for "Rubbish Bin," your settings probably has you in Australia.

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    That is for a trash icon on the desktop, not the trash bin in the Launcher. It's also advisable when giving a answer to show how to do something, not just provide a link. – James Jan 22 '13 at 22:57