Problem with .gvfs or .gvfs* in Fedora 11

[Steven F. LeBrun]

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".

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?

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.

-- 
     Steven F. LeBrun

Quote: /"One day a peacock. The next day a feather duster."/
     ---  Democrat Patrick Quinn, Illinois lieutenant governor

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