[xubuntu-users] .goutputstream-APN9XA -- what's this seems to be generated each day

[James Freer]

On Wed, 12 Sep 2012, dg1727 wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:59:34 -0400 dg1727 <dg1727 at hushmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:58:55 -0400 Andy Proctor
>> <xubuntu.list at gpshelp.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 11/09/12 21:40, James Freer wrote:
>>>> [xubuntu 12.04]
>>>>
>>>> I'd be grateful if someone could advise what the above file is -
>>>> seems to be generated each day in root 0 bytes. Never had this
>>>> in previous releases.
>>>>
>>> I use xubuntu/xfce of course not gnome but still get them so
>>> suspect an application is using the library and not cleaning up
>>> properly. Should be safe to delete them "rm ~/.goutputstream-*"
>>> as I have seen no negative effects of doing this. The delete
>>> command could also be put into the login script to do this
>>> automatically if you want.
>>
>> Specifically, Dennis Baurichter wrote in the bug report (URL is
>> below) on 2012-08-28:
>>
>>> Just put this command into autorun (in system menu top left on
>>> screen):
>
> In that menu in XFCE (Applications Menu), the place to add the
> command is Settings > Settings Manager > Session and Startup >
> Application Autostart tab.  I have set the Description to something
> like:
> Workaround for Launchpad.net issue 984785
> ... to remind me what this autostart item does, and so I can find
> it and remove it once the issue is fixed.
>
>>> sh -c "rm ~/.goutputstream-*"
>>
>> (Obviously, leave out the ">" that was used for quoting in this
>> message.)
>>
>>> There is a bug report
>>
>> The bug report is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/984785
>
> -dg1727

Thank you for your replies and a solution. Reading the bug report folk said they 
couldn't delete them - that seems to have worked for me. Appreciate the solution 
but a little on the techinical side for me... i'll just delete and i'm sure 
it'll be fixed for 12.11.

thanks
james