strange files created in $HOME

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On 26/05/12 15:44, Jkhatri wrote:
>>
>> Dear all
>>
>> I'm on 12.04 LTS , recently I've observed that some strange files like
>> ".goutputstream-AXYZ" are often created, which are normal text file with
>> nothing in it
>
>
> (Have to ask.......)
>
> If the files are empty, how do you know that they are "normal text file[s]"?
>
> BC

Perhaps because Nautilus tags them as "plain text documents"?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11630634/Screenshot%20from%202012-05-26%2004%3A30%3A16.png

L.

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