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My main question is about /run/user/1000:

  • Should I avoid touching it?
  • Could I delete it?
  • Is there something wrong with it?

Background: I'm fairly new to Linux and just getting used to it.

I use fsearch to quickly find files (because my filenaming convention helps me to get nearly everything in mere seconds). Yesterday I decided to let it index from root and lower instead of just my home folder.

Then I got a lot of duplicate files. For example in subfolders relating to my mp3 player I even discovered my whole NextCloud 'drive' is there again: /run/user/1000/doc/by-app/org.strawberrymusicplayer.strawberry/51b78f5c/N

Searching: Looking for answers I read these, but couldnt make sense of it.

Puzzled:

  • Is this folder some RAM drive so my disk doesnt show anything strange? Because this folder doesnt even show up at the root level.
  • Are these even real? Because the size of it (aprox 370 GB) is even bigger then my disksize (screenshot).

Any tips about course of (in)action appreciated.

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[–] crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz 62 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

Never touch anything in /run directory.

[–] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 18 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Thanks! And I will remove it from my search index to restrain from "decluttering". 👌👍

[–] nottelling@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Don't "declutter" manually. Use your package manager.

[–] Laser@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

The search index isn't managed by you package manager, is it?

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