What is this .gvfs directory?

[Alan Cox]

> > If you are using rsync then simply excluding ".gvfs" should do the trick
> > nicely.
> 
> Does rsync's '-x' option work in this case?  I don't seem to have a
> mount handy to try.

Yes.. the rsync case is fixed by excluding .gvfs as I said. Not tried the
same with other apps that break eg tar.

It isn't clear what should happen though to be honest - should an rsync
of your home dir go off and rsync all the magic fake stuff ?


Alan