Re: /.cache directory
Hi,
On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 09:29:32PM +0530, Avinash Sonawane wrote:
> I noticed that there is a directory named ".cache" at root level. It
> seems to be created at the time of installation. What is it?
It's one of the XDG standard directories.
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/
> Who has created it?
Probably put there as part of user creation but all apps that need to
use it will also (re-)create it if you delete it.
> Seems to be a bug in some package which has created it...
"Everything I don't understand is a bug"
Thanks,
Andy
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