Re: [fuse-devel] .fuse_hidden files ?

[Miklos S. <mi...@sz...>]

> I just tried my fuse client with fuse 2.5.0, and after removing files,
> I saw .fuse_hidden files:
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root      5188 2005-11-29 09:48 
> .fuse_hidden000000850000004a
> -rwxr-sr-x   1 root shadow    7076 2005-01-20 15:43 
> .fuse_hidden000000860000004b
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root      8044 2005-11-29 09:48 
> .fuse_hidden000000880000004c
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root     20668 2005-11-29 09:48 
> .fuse_hidden000000890000004d
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root     23464 2005-11-29 09:48 
> .fuse_hidden0000008a0000004e
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root     21352 2005-11-29 09:48 
> .fuse_hidden0000008b0000004f
> 
> What is that?!
> Is this a cache to undelete deleted files?

No.

These are file which have been unlinked while still open.

Normally these shouln't be left around, only if the filesystem crashes
before deleting them.

> And how can I desactivate it?

-o hard_remove

But as a side effect some operations will not work correctly.  See
README.

Miklos