Why are .goutputstream-xxxxx files created in home folder? [closed]

Solution 1:

This is a bug - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/984785

Pretty sure it's not ubuntu one - I don't have it here and have the files.

I delete them every now and again, not caused me any issues.

You can run this command in a terminal to delete them all:

cd && rm .goutputstream-* -v

Solution 2:

These are temporary files that should have been deleted. Most likely created by Ubuntu One.

This issue has been discussed to detail on this forum:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11953534

Solution 3:

A fix is still in the works (via the bug report):

upstream commited a fix to git if somebody wants to try the change: http://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/commit/?id=afdb2abb13896a3d5caecabd2f7158e8047f9956

For now, I'm running this in cron (myuser is my username, and using crontab -e to edit ) :

@daily find /home/myuser/.goutputstream-* -mtime +2 -print | xargs rm -f