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"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.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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).

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https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/

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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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