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Re: What are these folders in home?



On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 06:37:25AM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 06:35:41PM +1300, Chris Bannister <mockingbird@earthlight.co.nz> was heard to say:
> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:45:16PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > > > > ~/.xsession-errors (this one is 98 MB)
> > > >
> > > > ... the errors from you\r xsessions...? :P
> > > 
> > > Can it be erased? I've no need to troubleshoot as I'm not experiencing
> > > any problems that I know about.
> > 
> > Not a good idea to erase log files. Once you have checked that there are
> > no important errors, you can ":> .xsession-errors" (without the quotes)
> > which will empty the file.
> 
>   AFAIK, xsession-errors will be truncated every time you restart your X
> session.

Then whoever has "~/.xsession-errors (this one is 98 MB)" seems to have
a serious problem.

Also the :> trick is probably a good habit to get into.

-- 
Chris.
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