Seems like an unlikely candidate. But we've had less likely candidates. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote: > Funny.  No, it's more like there's a whole pile of tracking stuff of > some sort that I for one didn't know about. > > Jim > > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Andrew Harris wrote: >> Wow, it's like somebody did work for all those directories and files >> and they don't want to pay the bill. Am I right, Jim? >> >> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Yeah, I can confirm the same thing in Ubuntu Maverick. >>> >>> WTF is this stuff? >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 5:26 PM,   wrote: >>>> >>>> Today, I was shocked to find a thousand-plus empty hidden directories and >>>> files on my system and I don't know how they got there or why there are >>>> there. >>>> >>>> Is there any reason why I should not delete them? >>>> >>>> There may be more in other places, but the ones I just discovered are >>>> buried deep in these two sub-directories: >>>> >>>> /home/joe/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects/2ETARA88 >>>> /home/joe/.macromedia/Flash_Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys >>>> >>>> I hate flash for a lot of reasons, but now even more as it seems to be >>>> hiding things on my system -- 310 mostly empty directories in 2ETARA88 and >>>> another 1227 mostly empty directories in flashplayer/sys >>>> >>>> Very annoying. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss