[PLUG] Resolved: Left over "artifact?" when doing screenshots, sometimes

[Dick Steffens]

On 1/23/22 9:58 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2022 19:56:47 -0800
> Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> dijo:
>
>> Caja is the GUI file browser used in Linux Mint Mate.
>>> because the file existed for a split
>>> second. Caja was notified of the file's creation, but not of the
>>> file's subsequent removal. this is why it doesn't show up in
>>> terminal: it's actually not there. Caja may maintain some sort of
>>> cache or running tally of which files exist, which it updates
>>> periodically. I would guess that if you just wait a while, the .part
>>> file will probably go away. it may also be possible to instruct Caja
>>> to refresh its index without rebooting.
>> It doesn't go away until after a reboot. I haven't tried anything
>> else, though.
>>
>> <...>
>>
>> I have Caja installed, but I seldom use it because I prefer PCManFM or
>> Thunar. But I get the same .part files that don't exist, usually on a
>> long download. The solution is to go to View > Reload Folder. It takes
>> only a second or two, and all the funny pieces disappear. As you've
>> discovered, rebooting also solves the problem, but reloading the folder
>> is far less work.
Works great.


Thanks.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens