[NTLUG:Discuss] .DCOPserver_localhost.localdomain -> /(my home directory)/.DCOPserver_localhost.localdomain_:0

[Fred James]

"shouldn't be pointing to itself"
- should I delete it?
- what will suffer if I delete it?
- is it "harmless" or "benign"?

"used with KDE"
I use Gnome, so I guess we can assume it runs there too?

Anyway, the link in my home directory was highlighted in red, which I 
believe means NG - is that right?
And since the link was from 15 Aug - and this being a laptop which has 
been rebooted twice a day on every business day since then - I decided 
to live dangerously and delete it.

Thank you, and thank you in advance for any additional information you 
may be able to share.



MadHat wrote:

>On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 11:52, Fred James wrote:
>
>>In my home directory, I found this link
>>.DCOPserver_localhost.localdomain -> /(my home 
>>directory)/.DCOPserver_localhost.localdomain_:0
>>What is a DCOPserver? And doesn't it seem odd for it to be pointing to 
>>itself, or is it?
>>
>
>it is for use with KDE and the backend interprocess communication
>(IIRC).  It shouldn't be pointed to itself, but the names will be very
>similar.  Usually, it replaces the :0 with _0, where the _0 is the real
>file and the :0 is the symlink.
>
>>Does this have anything to do with "ssh"?
>>
>
>no
>

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