Trash

Location (Ubuntu Linux 8.10)

$HOME/.local/share/Trash

The sub-directories of the Trash directory contains the file removed and the original location and the time when the file is removed.

files: A directory which keeps the file removed.
info: A directory which keeps the path in which the file is located before it is removed and the time when it is removed.

gvfs-trash can be used to move files to the trash rather than removing directly with rm command. -To install gvfs-trash,

$ sudo apt-get install gvfs-bin

-How to use

$ gvfs-trash <file or directory path>

e.g.

$ gvfs-trash delete_this.txt

-For convenience, open the $HOME/.bashrc file and put the following line.

alias trash=gvfs-trash