public static bool DeleteToRecycleBin(string filePath, FileOperationFlags flags)
{
if (Platform.IsWindows)
{
if (!File.Exists(filePath) && !Directory.Exists(filePath))
{
return(false);
}
// alternative using visual basic dll:
// FileSystem.DeleteDirectory(item.FolderPath,UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs), RecycleOption.SendToRecycleBin);
//moves it to the recyle bin
try
{
var shf = new SHFILEOPSTRUCT
{
wFunc = FileOperationType.FO_DELETE,
pFrom = filePath + '\0' + '\0',
fFlags = FileOperationFlags.FOF_ALLOWUNDO | flags
};
SHFileOperation(ref shf);
return(!shf.fAnyOperationsAborted);
}
catch (Exception)
{
return(false);
}
}
// On Linux we'll have to move the file to $XDG_DATA_HOME/Trash/files and create
// a filename.trashinfo file in $XDG_DATA_HOME/Trash/info that contains the original
// filepath and the deletion date. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/20255190
// and http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/trash-spec/.
// Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData corresponds to $XDG_DATA_HOME.
// move file or directory
if (Directory.Exists(filePath) || File.Exists(filePath))
{
var trashPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(
Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData), "Trash");
var trashedFileName = Path.GetRandomFileName();
if (!Directory.Exists(trashPath))
{
// in case the trash bin doesn't exist we create it. This can happen e.g.
// on the build machine
Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(trashPath, "files"));
Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(trashPath, "info"));
}
var recyclePath = Path.Combine(Path.Combine(trashPath, "files"), trashedFileName);
WriteTrashInfoFile(trashPath, filePath, trashedFileName);
// Directory.Move works for directories and files
DirectoryUtilities.MoveDirectorySafely(filePath, recyclePath);
return(true);
}
return(false);
}
