Re: Odd behaviour?

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Odd behaviour?
Date	2024-12-05 18:02 +0000
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On 05/12/2024 16:57, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:
>> The GUI filemanager is just a filemanager, and follows filemanager
>> rules. It displays only ONE directory, not some desktop concoction
>> made of several structures and directories.
> 
> Union filesystems are a thing, thought I don’t know of any reason to
> think one is involved here, and I’d (possibly naively) expected unlink
> calls to propagate through them to the appropriate underlying
> filesystem.
> 
> I don’t have a definitive explanation for the behavior seen. Some
> guesswork:
> 
> * If a file is sometimes visible and sometimes not that may reflect it
>    being repeatedly deleted and re-created.
> 
No. It was solid at all times and absent at all times from the 
respective voews

> * If a file is visible in one view and not another than may reflect the
>    views actually being different. e.g. user error about what directory
>    they are looking at.
> 
I hardly think ~/Desktop is confusing

All the other files on the desktop were in there

> * Filesystem corruption of some kind might explain any kind of weird
>    behavior, though (at least when running ls) you might expect some kind
>    of error message. The kernel log would be likely to contain
>    diagnostics in this case.
> 
I might have a look

> * A file that’s something to do with an attack may be deliberately
>    hidden by the attack software, but perhaps in an inconsistent way
>    (attackers screw up too).
> 

According to a brief Google that is a Windows temporary file.  It may be 
something to do with the windows VM deleting it but the desktop 
retaining memory of it. Bit if it is, it's in a weird place.


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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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