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On 08/03/2009 12:56 AM, Steven F. LeBrun wrote:
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First, Emacs froze when I tried to list my home directory, then "ls -a"
froze from command line. Through trial and error, it appears that
there is a file, directory, or special file in my home directory that
begins with ".gvfs". Any attempts to list the contents of the
directory that should include .gvfs* fails and locks up the program
that issued the command; emacs, ls -a in bash shell, etc. The close
icon in the upper right hand corner of the frame will cause a
pop-dialog to appear that allows the program to be "force quit".<br>
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Any ideas on how to resolve this problem? Can I safely do a "rm -rf
.gvfs*" or will that delete files that my system needs?<br>
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The command "ls -ad .gvfs*" also locks up which leads me to suspect
that .gvfs is a special file, such as a device, instead of a directory.<br>
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Steven F. LeBrun<br>
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Quote: <em>"One day a peacock. The next day a feather duster."</em><br>
—
Democrat Patrick Quinn, Illinois lieutenant governor
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Sorry, I meant this posting for the Fedora List, not the Fedora Laptop
List.<br>
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<div> Steven F. LeBrun<br>
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Quote: <em>"The objection to fairy stories is that they tell children
there are dragons. But children have always known there are dragons.
Fairy stories tell children that dragons can be killed."</em><br>
-- G.K. Chesterton</p>
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