Unable to delete a file on my desktop ..Problem dissapeared

[Member mikey777]

The file lu5884hjylrp.tmp has appeared on my display and I appear unable to remove it, i.e…

asus@X71Q:~
$ cd /home/asus/Desktop
asus@X71Q:~/Desktop
$ sudo rm lu5884hjylrp.tmp
rm: cannot remove 'lu5884hjylrp.tmp': No such file or directory

When I right click on the file and go to ‘Properties’, it indicates the file has ‘0 bytes (0 bytes)’. Is this what they call ‘ghost files’?
Thanks for any help with this.

• This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by mikey777.
• This topic was modified 1 year ago by ModdIt.

▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
- (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
- (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
- (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

[Member Robin]

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First check whether this file exists in this folder, and what type it is. Maybe it’s a directory, then you need another command for removing it…

Command for checking:
ls -l /home/asus/Desktop

Be aware in case you have set your system language to something different from English, this “desktop” folder is called differently. In this case it is translated, so you possibly have to replace the word in your shell commands respectively.

Once you have located the file in its correct place, and checked its type and permissions, you probably will be able to remove it.

Files of a size of zero bytes are not necessarily ghost files, a simple and freshly created text file with still no content also will have 0 bytes for example.

Windows is like a submarine. Open a window and serious problems will start.

[Member subluminal]

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Reboot and run fsck. Then see if the problem persists.

[Member mikey777]

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@Robin @subluminal
Thanks for your help guys. When I booted-up this morning, the problem seems to have unexpectedly disappeared, without me doing anything! The file is no longer displayed on the Desktop.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by mikey777.

▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
- (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
- (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
- (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

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