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K-X Trash button (and .Trash folder)

thespirit3
Posted 01/02/2011 - 11:04 Link
Hi All,

Quick question - I noticed when deleting a photo using the camera's 'Trash' button (in an attempt to free up space) the image disappeared but the number of shots remaining didn't change.

When connecting the camera via USB to my PC I notice a hidden .Trash directory which stores my 'trashed' photos. I have to manually remove this using the PC before the storage space is reclaimed.

I've looked for settings in the K-X menu to alter this behaviour but can't see anything.

I'm fairly certain this is ocurring on the camera itself and is not related to my desktop OS (which incidentally is Linux).

Any advice?


Thanks,


Steve
terje-l
Posted 01/02/2011 - 11:27 Link
When you format the card (after uploading to the computer and backing up your files), the hidden directory will certainly have disappeared.

Strange, when deleting an image in my K20D the space is immediately freed up (number of remaining images increases by one).
Best regards
Terry

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greynolds999
Posted 01/02/2011 - 12:16 Link
I think this could be down to the card. Some have very clever on-board software which can do this.
Steve Chasey
Posted 01/02/2011 - 12:51 Link
Think the answer is simpler still.

Image files on a card are no different to files on your hard drive. DELETE doesn't actually do what it says - just changes the file in such away as to allow it to be over written and thus freeing up spare space. Which why you can recover 'deleted' files.


Steve
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thoughton
Posted 01/02/2011 - 13:01 Link
I think this isn't related to your camera at all. the .trash file is a unix thing, so it's being left there by your Linux or MacOS computer. Are you SURE you didn't delete some photos from the card while it was connected to your PC? That would explain why they are in that folder... and also why the free space hasn't decreased (you need to 'empty trash' on the MacOS to empty that .trash file, not sure how it works on linux).
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Edited by thoughton: 01/02/2011 - 13:02
thespirit3
Posted 01/02/2011 - 13:37 Link
I'm uncertain now - I'll do some tests in the next few days and confirm this.

Thanks for all your comments!


Steve

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