GitHub - QazCetelic/home-watcher: Find out which programs are creating those random files in your home directory
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Find out which programs are creating those random files in your home directory - QazCetelic/home-watcher
    • Cousin Mose
      11•1 month ago

      Desktop.ini, desktop.ini, DESKTOP.INI or some other fucked up casing

  • ElcaineVolta
    29•1 month ago

    auto installing in the home directory is like walking into someone’s house and putting your feet up on their table. so rude.

    • qazOPEnglish
      20•1 month ago

      I’ve seen some programs put their shit in ~/Documents which is even worse.

  • @m4m4m4m4
    26•1 month ago

    I’d like to know which one is creating /.Trash-1000. Yes, at the root folder. No, I don’t have any other OS installed in this system but linux

    • qazOPEnglish
      25•1 month ago

      You should be able to set a watch using the Linux Audit system (which home-watcher also uses). Try something like this

      sudo auditctl -w /.Trash-1000 -p rwxa -k trash_monitor

      You should then be able to search for events in the logs with

      sudo ausearch -k trash_monitor
    • Redjard
      9•1 month ago

      The kde default explorer dolphin does.
      It creates them at the root of separate partitions (or maybe only network mounts).
      Basically as a fallback to moving it slowly into a local trash.

      You probably have the system mounted elsewhere and are accessing it remotely with dolphin would be my guess.

      Last time I encountered it I found no good solution, it’s very anyoing.
      Best workaround is to create a file of the same name as the folder, that way at least it stays empty.

  • Eager EagleEnglish
    12•1 month ago

    Nice, I’ve wanted something like this many times now.

  • @daddy32
    2•1 month ago

    …and than… what? Ask them nicely to stop?