Is there a javascript or zotero function to move a file to trash instead of delete it directly from disk?

[Minyi Han]

I post this question Is there a javascript function to move a file to trash instead of delete it directly from disk? - Stack Overflow, and maybe there is no such JS function, 

zacurry suggested 3rd party solutions, however I have no idea how to use npm in zotero run javascript window.

Origin post:

Now the function OS.File.remove (file) was used, where file is the path, for example d:/files/aa.txt, however the file was removed directly from disk. Is there a function to move the file to the trash (Windows or Linux)?

[Dan Stillman]

Note that this doesn't have anything to do with "JavaScript" — OS.File.remove() is specific to the Mozilla internals (and outdated ones, at that) used in Zotero. This isn't really a question for Stack Overflow.

There's no API for that in Mozilla or Zotero, and it's not something you can really do in a proper way on other people's systems (where you'd be limited to mv [1]).

[1] https://github.com/sindresorhus/trash#but-i-can-do-the-same-thing-with-mv

[Minyi Han]

Thanks Dan for your kindly reply.

[Minyi Han]

Could the npm command be applied in JS code?

npm install trash

Then we could use trash command.

[Minyi Han]

Could these JS ( trash/lib at main · sindresorhus/trash (github.com)  )be integrated into the plugin I made, then the trash command be used?

[Emiliano Heyns]

The user would have to have node installed. Alternately, you could bundle the executables from the trash npm module, and call them with Zotero.Utilities.Internal.exec

[Minyi Han]

Thanks Emiliano Heyns. Need I install nmp application first? And how to bundle  executables? Is there an example or code snippet?