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Originally Posted by Chris Jones
Aaaah thanks...!
I'd already excluded ~/.local just in case but I had missed ~/.cache (~800M+)...! That's roughly half of the size of my lean & mean $HOME directory...!
In any case... since I have no clue what purpose this hidden "Trash" directory might serve ... I just made sure Calibre will not be able to write to it:
$ chmod ugoa-w ~/.local/share/Trash
So far... so good...
CJ
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As Kovid said, the Trash directory is equivalent to Windows' Recycle Bin.
Most file browsers (among others) delete files to the Trash as a precaution against accidentally deleting things, there is also a python program called trash-cli that lets you trash and untrash things from the command-line.
It is easy to view the Trash from said file browsers, and empty it or permanently delete specific items.
There's all sorts of interesting types of dotfiles in the average home folder, you should definitely take a look at what you need and don't need to back up.
Happy to help, especially the reminder to exclude ~/.cache
