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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: Weird Symbol in Home Directory
From:       "Michael Marsh" <michael.a.marsh () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-11-30 19:58:27
Message-ID: ceb0ad00811301158v4969ff3eo22b77aeea5835c41 () mail ! gmail ! com
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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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