+ tp (tp.sh)

abbreviation for trash-put - a command for handling using a symlink directory, which leads to error when trying to delete file. for more info, see https://askubuntu.com/questions/616092/impossible-to-trash-files-from-a-folder-which-is-a-symbolic-link-to-a-ntfs-parti .

dots/applications/tp.desktop

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Name=trash-put
 GenericName=trash-put
 Icon=system-error
-Exec=trash-put
+Exec=tp.sh
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
 Categories=System;FileTools;FileManager

dots/bash/.bashrc

@@ -38,12 +38,13 @@ ex ()
   fi
 }
 
-alias ffind="sudo find / -type f -name"
-alias keymap="setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout us,no -option grp:caps_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
-alias nr="nitrogen --restore"
-alias myip="echo $(wget http://ipinfo.io/ip -qO -)"
 alias curae="sudo curae"
+alias ffind="sudo find / -type f -name"
 alias gparted="sudo gparted"
+alias keymap="setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout us,no -option grp:caps_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
+alias myip="echo $(wget http://ipinfo.io/ip -qO -)"
+alias nr="nitrogen --restore"
+alias tp="tp.sh"
 
 nmrestart() {
     systemctl restart NetworkManager

dots/bin/tp.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# klevstul :: 24.06
+
+this_file_name=`basename "$0"`
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+    echo "error: path to file is missing."
+    echo "usage: '$this_file_name [path_to_file]'"
+    exit 1
+fi
+input_file=$1
+
+sync_dir_sym=/home/${USER}/syncDir
+syncdir_env_var=SYNCDIR_${HOSTNAME}
+sync_dir=${!syncdir_env_var} # '!' to use the name and not the value
+
+#echo ${input_file}
+#echo ${sync_dir_sym}
+#echo ${sync_dir}
+
+# substitute parts of the old path, from using the symlink folder, to the non-symlink folder
+# example:
+#   "/home/poq/syncDir/0_downloads/topBanner.jpg" > "/home/poq/nextcloud/syncDir/0_downloads/topBanner.jpg"
+#
+# new_file=${original_string//old_substring/new_substring}
+new_file=${input_file//$sync_dir_sym/$sync_dir}
+
+if [ -f ${new_file} ] ; then
+    trash-put ${new_file}
+fi