Debian 12.9 GNOME DE
My /run/user/1000/doc folder contains some 150 subdirectories, a significant number of which contain no files and of some which do, selecting the file using Midnight Commander indicates:
EDIT:
In regard to [this Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/18c06ae/what_in_the_world_is_runuser1000doc/) it doesn't exactly address my question since, for the most part, the host file never appears in the system outside of this structure. I can see that those which do (because the location has been changed using the file picker) are merely "tokenised" in /run/user/1000/doc and so occupy no space in the FS proper (explaining why they can't be deleted) but those that appear only in the FUSE structure do perhaps occupy space because they are the only copy of the file in the FS (which explains why they can be deleted) if that makes sense.
So, retuning to the question, how can this be cleaned up without concern for whether the file is real or tokenised?
The warning is simply removed with a cursor key movement.
Other files have been removed by use of the F8 key but when this message appears pressing F8 to delete the file results in:
Since I think I understand that these files are temporary, **how can the subdirectory be cleaned up** and is there any need to do so?
I believe I know where the files came from in the first place - sometimes when saving a file from Firefox (Flatpak) the
EDIT:
In regard to [this Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/18c06ae/what_in_the_world_is_runuser1000doc/) it doesn't exactly address my question since, for the most part, the host file never appears in the system outside of this structure. I can see that those which do (because the location has been changed using the file picker) are merely "tokenised" in /run/user/1000/doc and so occupy no space in the FS proper (explaining why they can't be deleted) but those that appear only in the FUSE structure do perhaps occupy space because they are the only copy of the file in the FS (which explains why they can be deleted) if that makes sense.
So, retuning to the question, how can this be cleaned up without concern for whether the file is real or tokenised?
The warning is simply removed with a cursor key movement.
Other files have been removed by use of the F8 key but when this message appears pressing F8 to delete the file results in:
Since I think I understand that these files are temporary, **how can the subdirectory be cleaned up** and is there any need to do so?
I believe I know where the files came from in the first place - sometimes when saving a file from Firefox (Flatpak) the /run/user/1000/doc/... folder is offered and I generally reselect a different location under the Home directory but sometimes I miss it and the file ends up in this less accessible place which usually means repeating the save process to where I would prefer the file to be placed resulting in two copies of the same file existing on the system.
EDIT:
In regard to [this Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/18c06ae/what_in_the_world_is_runuser1000doc/) it doesn't exactly address my question since, for the most part, the host file never appears in the system outside of this structure. I can see that those which do (because the location has been changed using the file picker) are merely "tokenised" in /run/user/1000/doc and so occupy no space in the FS proper (explaining why they can't be deleted) but those that appear only in the FUSE structure do perhaps occupy space because they are the only copy of the file in the FS (which explains why they can be deleted) if that makes sense.
So, retuning to the question, how can this be cleaned up without concern for whether the file is real or tokenised?
Asked by graham
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Feb 2, 2025, 03:39 PM
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