How to move a file to the trash in Finder

Hi @TJ_Allen & @Andrew_Sherman,

Firstly... Andrew, sorry for not getting back to you on this one.

To follow up, all the methods that I have found require some brute force for erasing files from your system, which is something I'm reluctant to share here on the forum.

Also, AFAIK the trash folder works differently to the way other folders do. It's my understanding that If files that are in the trash get deleted with brute force this can cause hidden files to change, potentially causing unforeseeable issues down the line.

Can you describe in more detail why you'd like this functionality, maybe if I have a better understanding I can suggest a different solution.

Rock on!

I'm using something like this to copy files to a predetermined folder and empty the trash first in case the file already exists. I use this for client reviews, watch folders for upload to frame.io, vimeo etc (Via Finder integration). It's a template so you'd need to set up properties for the path(pathname) and log (text string).

I have plans to develop it and make it more robust so that it can easily switch between copying and moving, as well as handling both files and folders.

sf.ui.finder.appActivate();

const { destinationFolder, destinationLog } = event.props;

sf.engine.runInBackground(() => {

    log(destinationLog);

    function copyToFolder() {

        sf.ui.finder.selectedPaths.forEach(filePath => {
            // Get each file name
            var fileName = filePath.split('/').slice(-1)[0];
            var destinationFile = destinationFolder + '/' + fileName;

            if (sf.file.exists({ path: destinationFile }).exists) {

                // Delete file

                sf.wait({
                    intervalMs: 900,
                });

                sf.ui.finder.menuClick({
                    menuPath: ["Finder", "Empty Trash"],
                });

                sf.file.move({
                    sourcePath: destinationFile,
                    destinationPath: '~/.Trash/' + fileName
                });

                // Copy file

                sf.file.copy({
                    sourcePath: filePath,
                    destinationPath: `${destinationFile}`
                });

            } else {

                // Copy file

                sf.file.copy({
                    sourcePath: filePath,
                    destinationPath: `${destinationFile}`
                });

            }

        });
    }

    copyToFolder();

});

i think you're definitely correct that the issue is that each external volume has its own trash (never knew that!). however, the path format you suggested is still not working for me.