Re: Weird Symbol in Home Directory
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
> TW wrote:
>> -rw------- 1 user user 0 2008-11-30 11:32 >
>> [snip]
>
> So it's a normal file, with a size of zero bytes, with an odd name.
> (Assuming "ls" has not been compromised.)
>
> Some miscreant app somewhere allowed the creation of a file named by a
> fat-fingered keystroke. Try different apps to delete it (mc, OO.o, GIMP,
> etc).
You might also try 'lsof +d ~/' to see what has that file open.
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Michael A. Marsh
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