On Saturday 15 August 2009 19:58:00 Steven F. LeBrun wrote: > On 08/15/2009 01:39 PM, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 15 August 2009 16:33:40 Steven F. LeBrun wrote: > >> One thing that does bother me about my ~/.local/share/applications-bad > >> directory is that multiple desktop configuration files exist for the > >> same applications. The worst case appears to be for Audacious; there > >> are seven different desktop configuration files for it. > > > > Glad you're getting nearer. I'm curious about this ^^ statement. Can > > you look inside some of those files? Do they look as though they > > actually are all for Audacious, or whether something else went wrong, > > like a corrupted index, that might cause them to be mis-named? > > > > Are there many applications that have these duplicated file? And are > > they applications that were in use (or being launched) at the time of > > corruption? > > > > Anne > > It appears that I am getting different results with different programs > when I look at my application-bad directory. > > When I use Nautilus, the default app used when opening my home > directory, it lists multiple files with the same application name, in > this example Audacious. These file names do not include an extension > and their type is listed as "desktop configuration file". > > When I use Emacs to display the same directory, each file has a unique > file name. Grepping the directory yielded this list: > > grep -nH -e Audacious *.* > alacarte-made-37.desktop:9:Name=Audacious > alacarte-made-37.desktop:10:Name[en_US]=Audacious > fedora-audacious.desktop:12:Name=Audacious > fedora-audacious-plugins.desktop:10:Name=Audacious > livna-audacious-aac.desktop:10:Name=Audacious > livna-audacious-alac.desktop:10:Name=Audacious > livna-audacious-mp3.desktop:10:Name=Audacious > livna-audacious-wma.desktop:10:Name=Audacious > <snip> Fascinating as I find this, I confess that I don't have the skills to help solve it. Are there dedicated Gnome lists where people who understand the depths of nautilus could take a look? Or maybe even ask the nautilus developer direct for assistance? It certainly looks like a situation that you couldn't expect the file manager to handle. Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Just found a cool new feature? Add it to UserBase
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