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

Fred James fredjame at concentric.net
Wed Sep 11 13:38:46 CDT 2002


Thank you.

MadHat wrote:

>On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 12:33, Fred James wrote:
>
>>"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?
>>
>
>Gnome uses GOAD (GNOME Object Activation Directory) which is based on
>CORBA
>
>http://developer.gnome.org/doc/whitepapers/ORBit/framework.html
>http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/libgnorba/gnorba-goad.html
>
>>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
>>>
>>-- 
>>small is beautiful
>>
>>

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