Re: Odd behaviour?

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On 2024-12-05 08:59, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 04/12/2024 18:41, Rich wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 03/12/2024 22:24, Andy Burns wrote:
>>>> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What I find puzzling is how it appears in the GUI but isn't on the
>>>>> actual machine file system
>>>>
>>>> funky characters in filename?
>>>>
>>>> ls -la | cat -v
>>>
>>> Nope. Still no sign
>>>
>>> I think some part of the GUI environment builds a cache, and its in
>>> that, but not in the real world so to speak
>>
>> What is the GUI file browser program you use under Mate?
>>
> Caja
> 
>> Many "GUI file browsers" have a tendancy to "combine" plural actual
>> disk paths into the 'appearance' of a singular view (and "Desktop" is
>> one of those 'views' that GUI dev's think need this miss-feature).
>>
>> So it is possible the file it is located somewhere other than
>> ~/Desktop/ and the GUI is merging together that other location with the
>> contents of the actual ~/Desktop/, and presenting the combination to
>> you as "Desktop".
>>
> Hmm. Still doesn't say why it cant be deleted/found Even from the GUI 
> file manager

Because it would be on another directory.


>> Which would explain why it does not appear when you actually view
>> ~/Desktop/ with ls from a terminal.
>>
> 


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-03 20:32 +0000
  Re: Odd behaviour? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-03 22:27 +0100
    Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-03 22:15 +0000
      Re: Odd behaviour? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-03 22:24 +0000
        Re: Odd behaviour? Woozy Song <suzyw0ng@outlook.com> - 2024-12-04 12:40 +0800
          Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-04 12:24 +0000
        Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-04 12:23 +0000
          Re: Odd behaviour? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-12-04 18:41 +0000
            Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 07:59 +0000
              Re: Odd behaviour? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-05 11:34 +0100
                Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 11:06 +0000
                Re: Odd behaviour? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-05 12:19 +0100
                Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 12:26 +0000
                Re: Odd behaviour? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-05 13:41 +0100
                Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 12:48 +0000
                Re: Odd behaviour? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-05 13:12 +0000
                Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 13:56 +0000
                Re: Odd behaviour? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-05 15:24 +0100
                Re: Odd behaviour? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 16:57 +0000
                Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 18:02 +0000
          Re: Odd behaviour? Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> - 2024-12-04 19:41 +0000
            Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 08:37 +0000
    Re: Odd behaviour? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-04 10:29 +0100
      Re: Odd behaviour? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-04 12:42 +0100
        Re: Odd behaviour? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-04 14:03 +0100

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