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Empty the contents of Trash for only a single volume

Empty the contents of Trash for only a single volume

How can I empty the Trash only for an attached external drive, but not at the same time for the internal hard disk?

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Guest [Entry]

"If you're willing to venture into the Terminal it is possible there as well:

rm -rf /Volumes/VOLUME_NAME/.Trashes/

For only the startup disk:

rm -rf ~/.Trash/

Be careful of rm -rf as it will recursively remove all files at that path without any confirmation."
Guest [Entry]

PathFinder allows you to do this and a whole lot more.