Public bug reported:
It seems like this could be related to Bug #137308, where a user
complained that previewed files were being deleted.
file-roller, also known as Archive Manager, doesn't delete files that
are previewed without extracting them to a known location first. These
previews are stored in ~/.cache/.fr-<random string>.
I believe the /tmp directory is cleared each time the system is
restarted, but maybe the preview files aren't stored there for security
reasons.
eog seems to not store references to a file maybe by design; sometimes
when you change a file on disk, eog will reload the file, but it doesn't
always do so. So maybe can't rely on other applications that have the
file 'open' to actually have a reference to the index node or whatever,
and users will expect the preview not to be deleted immediately.
Currently, it seems like some, and maybe all preview files are retained
indefinitely, unless manually deleted. If a file is previewed more than
once, multiple copies are created. Over time this can add up to a
considerable amount of disk space.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: file-roller 3.10.2.1-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-30.40-generic 3.16.7-ckt3
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Apr 14 17:05:57 2015
SourcePackage: file-roller
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: file-roller (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug utopic
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