On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 13:48:59 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > Lately,I've been noticing a strange directory popping up in my home > directory. It's called "file:" and has subdirectories of home , > home/frank , and Desktop with Desktop empty. > I have deleted it several times but it keeps re-appearing. > > Can anyone explain this ?
The name "file:" reminds me of how file managers sometimes refer to local files in their address/location bar. Some application might misunderstand expressions such as "file:///home/frank/Desktop" and therefore create spurious directories and files in your home directory. You could try to catch processes that access these directories/files with lsof or fuser, maybe in combination with inotify-wait (package inotify-tools). -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]