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<p>1 revision</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The following is a list of files you might want to keep purged from your file system, especially backups.<br /> <br /> ;*.tmp<br /> : Temporary files left behind by programs. These are safe to delete system-wide.<br /> ;desktop.ini<br /> : Folder customizations stored by Windows.<br /> ;.DS_Store<br /> : Folder customizations stored by Mac OS X.<br /> ;thumbs.db<br /> : Thumbnails generated by Windows for folder that had picture view set<br /> ;.nfs???????????????????????? (24 ?&#039;s)<br /> : Chunks of data from NFS. Used during normal operation but can become stranded by abrupt dismounts. If the file is in use, it will simply be re-created by NFS.<br /> ;~/thumbnails/*<br /> : Thumbnails generated by the Nautilus file manager. While it&#039;s generally a good idea to keep these, you may want to delete them from backup or delete old ones with find ~/thumbnails -type f -atime +[days] -delete.</div>

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