what is a .fuse_hidden file and why do they exist?
I have a folder where I transfer home videos from a camcorder to. I find two files in this folder that are not videos...
- .fuse_hidden0000002c00000001
- .fuse_hidden0000002600000002
What are these files, and can they be safely deleted?
You can safely ignore .fuse_hiddenXXXX files. It means a file was deleted but there is at least one software which is still using it, so it can't be removed permanently.
It will be done automatically when the relevant software stops using the file or exists. Such files are always gone after umount/reboot. This is how Linux and any Unix works but only FUSE exposes these files to the user.
These are likely files that were meant to be deleted but are somehow still in use.UBF
I had such a file, and I was unable to delete the folder it was located in.
Turns out it was a vim swap file. Closing the vim session(in another terminal) solved the issue.