On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 21:02:55 +0200, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone. > > I just now was extremely glad to have a proper backup. > With a filemanager called FR (File Roller), I checked out a strange > directory in $HOME called 'shelf'. I don't know where that dir came > from. But following that dir down, it got to > $HOME/shelf/Programs/$HOME. In the programs there was my entire home > dir, which I could follow down AGAIN. > On going up the foldertree, coming from 'shelf' back into $HOME, $HOME > turned out to be empty. > > Does anyone have such a 'shelf' directory? Does anyone know where it > came from? > I updated my backup strategy to skip 'shelf'... > > Just a friendly warning that you do not fall into the same strange > black hole I did. > Paul
I've seen nested recursive folders in ~/.openoffice. Couldn't work out why copying /home took all night - and filled my backup partition. Richard -- "Get up and turn I loose"
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