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Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories?

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R.Wieser wrote on Fri, 1 Nov 2024 15:34:59 +0100 :

> Andrews,
> 
>> what does Android do with all those (garbage?) directories on the sd card?
> 
> When you check the "internal storage" on your smarthone you might notice 
> that the same directories are on there too.

Yes. They're there also. Same garbage that I have never needed to use.
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> IOW, what you see is (most likely) the OS regarding your SD card as its 
> backup medium - and as such initializing it for future usage.

Well, some of it is the installed apps but the point is I make a single
top-level directory on the internal memory just as I do on the external sd.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/BvJdKWzt/webdav06.jpg>

It doesn't matter what the name is, but I make it "0000" for the internal
sdcard and "0001" for the external sdcard for three simple reasons:
1. It shows up on top in a typical sort
2. It tells me instantly which card I'm looking at
3. It's easy to remember when typing "/storage/0000-0001/0001"
   (which a lot of the Android servers require you to tap out by hand)
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> Yes, I noticed that happening to - when my USB stick got inserted into the 
> smartphone of a friend of mine.   I don't like it either.

Well, Windows does the same thing so I also make a top-level directory on
Windows to store my stuff (C:\data), where I do the same on Android.
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Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-01 14:13 +0000
  Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-11-01 15:34 +0100
    Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-01 17:04 +0000
      Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-11-01 18:56 +0100
        Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-04 14:48 +0000
          Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-11-04 16:26 +0100

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