yorukot/superfile · error

could not find a free trash name for %s

Error message

could not find a free trash name for %s

What it means

Error "could not find a free trash name for %s" thrown in yorukot/superfile.

Source

Thrown at src/internal/trash/trash_linux.go:264

		file, err := os.OpenFile(infoPath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL, 0o600)
		if os.IsExist(err) {
			continue
		}
		if err != nil {
			return "", "", "", err
		}
		if _, err := file.WriteString(content); err != nil {
			_ = file.Close()
			_ = os.Remove(infoPath)
			return "", "", "", err
		}
		if err := file.Close(); err != nil {
			_ = os.Remove(infoPath)
			return "", "", "", err
		}
		return name, infoPath, filesPath, nil
	}
	return "", "", "", fmt.Errorf("could not find a free trash name for %s", srcAbs)
}

func candidateTrashName(base string, attempt int) string {
	if attempt == 0 && len(base) <= maxTrashEntryNameBytes {
		return base
	}

	hash := trashNameHash(base)
	suffix := "." + hash
	if attempt > 0 {
		suffix = fmt.Sprintf(".%s.%d", hash, attempt)
	}
	prefixLimit := maxTrashEntryNameBytes - len(suffix)
	if prefixLimit <= 0 {
		return suffix[len(suffix)-maxTrashEntryNameBytes:]
	}
	if len(base) > prefixLimit {
		base = base[:prefixLimit]

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/internal/trash/trash_linux.go:264 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of yorukot/superfile@b72f550bc6 (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/d367e8393e4c9bb4. Report an issue: GitHub.