4 files changed, 26 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/home-manager/config/lf/cmds/trash b/home-manager/config/lf/cmds/trash
index cbe6ab63..78018721 100755
--- a/home-manager/config/lf/cmds/trash
+++ b/home-manager/config/lf/cmds/trash
@@ -4,22 +4,19 @@
 # . ~/.local/lib/shell/lib
 . %SHELL_LIBRARY_PATH
 
-#files=$(printf "$fx" | tr '\n' ';')
-#
-#while [ "$files" ]; do
-#    # extract the substring from start of string up to delimiter.
-#    # this is the first "element" of the string.
-#    file=${files%%;*}
-#
-#    trash-put "$(basename "$file")"
-#    # if there's only one element left, set `files` to an empty string.
-#    # this causes us to exit this `while` loop.
-#    # else, we delete the first "element" of the string from files, and move onto the next.
-#    if [ "$files" = "$file" ]; then
-#        files=''
-#    else
-#        files="${files#*;}"
-#    fi
-#done
-trash put "$fx";
+trash_output=$(mktmp);
+expected_error_output=$(mktmp);
+
+# try trashy first
+nix run nixpkgs#trashy -- put "$fx" 2> $trash_output;
+
+cat << EOF > $expected_error_output;
+error: Error during a \`trash\` operation: Unknown { description: "Path: '\"/.Trash-1000\"'. Message: Permission denied (os error 13)" }
+EOF
+
+if [ "$(cat $expected_error_output)" = "$(cat $trash_output)" ];then
+    warning "Deleting with trash-cli to the /.Trash folder";
+    # this file could not be trashed because it is on the tempfs volume, trash-cli can do this this
+    printf "%s" "$fx" | tr '\n' ' ' | xargs trash-put;
+fi
 # vim: ft=sh
diff --git a/home-manager/config/lf/default.nix b/home-manager/config/lf/default.nix
index 6d5095e1..d0f6ba40 100644
--- a/home-manager/config/lf/default.nix
+++ b/home-manager/config/lf/default.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ in {
   xdg.configFile."lf/icons".source = ./icons;
   xdg.configFile."lf/colors".source = ./colors;
 
+# TODO add the systemd tempfile option here
+
   programs.lf = {
     enable = true;
 
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ in {
             (pkgs)
             fzf
             trashy
+            trash-cli
             ;
         };
       };
diff --git a/system/default.nix b/system/default.nix
index 13386a6d..23418312 100644
--- a/system/default.nix
+++ b/system/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     ./polkit
     ./graphics
     ./services
+    ./tempfiles
   ];
     # TODO does this really remove all the bloatware, nixos installs by default?
     environment = {
diff --git a/system/tempfiles/default.nix b/system/tempfiles/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f94ddcee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/tempfiles/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# vim: ts=2
+{config, ...}: {
+  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+    # this file is needed to trash stuff on the temp fs
+    "d /.Trash 1777 root root" # TODO move this to the lf config
+  ];
+}