Why are there duplicate desktop configuration files in /usr/share/applications/ ?

[Florian Diesch]

Detlef Lechner <Detlef.Lechner at gmx.net> writes:

> Why does the Nautilus file browser display duplicate desktop 
> configuration file names in /usr/share/applications/ , for example 
> "Brasero"? Nautilus  displays also identical Size, Type, Date Modified 
> and owner, but the sizes are different.
> 'T43:/usr/share/applications$ ls -l | grep brasero
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3160 2009-10-30 10:20 brasero-copy-medium.desktop
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3859 2009-10-30 10:20 brasero.desktop
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   504 2009-10-30 10:20 brasero-nautilus.desktop'

This are different files for different ways to start Brasero.



   Florian
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