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| From | Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? |
| Date | 2016-09-02 07:34 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <e2sks0Fa25hU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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in 33947 20160901 194508 "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> wrote: >On Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:10:03 +0700, John B. wrote: > >> LOST.DIR directory appears to be a normal part of he Android file >> system and is added at the time the card is formatted. >> >> The Android directory also seems to be a normal part of the file >> system also. At least it appears after formatting the SD card on an >> Android 5.0.1 phone. >> >> The ".android_secure" is, I believe the folder/directory where apps >> that are "Moved to SD Card" are stored. > >I don't doubt anything you said, but I deleted everything but my data >folder, and within an hour, these additional folders were created, so, it's >not just created at the time of format. > >I don't have any apps "moved to sd card" either. > >So, while I don't dispute what you said, something is *creating* these >folders, and, in effect, "polluting" my SD card. > >The lesson here is that pollution will occur, so, it makes no sense to put >stuff at the top level of the SD card. So I'll stick everything under data >and then delete periodically all the other top-level folders other than >data. > >I have been doing similarly on Windows for decades, where I create a data >directory and put everything I want in there. That way, I can completely >delete the contents of Documents and Settings and I lose zero data that I >care about. > >It's amazing to me how terrible operating system developers are at >organizing file systems. That's an incredibly arrogant and conceited attitude.
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Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-30 18:04 +0200
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2016-08-30 18:16 +0100
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-31 03:30 +0000
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2016-08-31 11:08 +0100
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-01 03:47 +0000
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? John B. <slocombjbEDIT@gmail.xyz> - 2016-09-01 14:10 +0700
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-01 18:45 +0000
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? John B. <slocombjbEDIT@gmail.xyz> - 2016-09-02 12:32 +0700
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-02 09:41 +0200
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? John B. <slocombjbEDIT@gmail.xyz> - 2016-09-02 16:13 +0700
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 07:27 +0000
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? John B. <slocombjbEDIT@gmail.xyz> - 2016-09-03 15:40 +0700
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 09:42 +0000
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? John B. <slocombjbEDIT@gmail.xyz> - 2016-09-04 11:40 +0700
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-04 14:05 +0200
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Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-03 10:42 +0200
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 09:42 +0000
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 07:27 +0000
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Hergen Lehmann <hlehmann.expires.5-11@snafu.de> - 2016-09-03 10:38 +0200
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 09:42 +0000
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Hergen Lehmann <hlehmann.expires.5-11@snafu.de> - 2016-09-03 13:39 +0200
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 07:27 +0000
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2016-09-02 07:34 +0100
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 07:26 +0000
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Hergen Lehmann <hlehmann.expires.5-11@snafu.de> - 2016-09-01 22:04 +0200
Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-04 19:18 +0200
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