How do I restore locked files from Trash?

Question

I was cleaning up some unneeded files in my Rails project when I accidentally deleted files that are VERY important to my project.

I realized my mistake and went to the Trash and found what I needed to get back. I right-clicked and picked "Restore from Trash". The file system crashed and I don't have any of my files back. I tried this maybe 50 times along with just clicking "Restore All". Same result, the window crashes every time. There is a tiny lock next to the folder I need and as far as I can tell every other folder.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Answer 1

To open your Trash in a window with superuser powers in Loki, run

sudo -i pantheon-files /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files/

This command runs your files program (pantheon-files) as the root user (sudo) in the root's environment (-i) at the specified directory (your personal Trash folder). No need to change $USER, which will automatically translate to your current username.

From this window, you should be able to move your files as you please.

Answer 2

Try opening Files as administrator and restoring that way:

Open Applications

Right click on Files and click New window as Administrator

Try to restore/copy that way

or

In terminal

sudo mv /home/your_username/.local/share/Trash/your_file /your-restore/location