So many .goutputstream-* files in ~/... but WHY?

[t0p]

When I look at my home directory, with hidden files visible, I see multitudes of .goutputstream files (eg .goutputstream-HQVUOX). I take it these files are created when I look at some graphical output or somesuch and are safe to delete? More importantly: can't I have them written to /tmp, so they'll automatically disappear on reboot? All these files in my home directory make it very difficult to locate other "hidden" files that I might need to find; and their existence is so irritating!

Is there anything I can do about them, other than periodically deleting them manually? I know typing

rm .goutputstream*

is trivial... but why do they go into /~ anyway? Grrr...

Running Ubuntu 12.04. I know this is logged as a bug on Launchpad - but still no cure? If I knew how to, I'd squash this bug as a matter of urgency. It's expensive throwing laptops and/or monitors through windows in frustration...

[dino99]

some time ago (long ago) i also had such mysterious files, but never found what was creating them (probably a plugin somewhere, or java) now my system run without java and they never came back, so ... but i've also deactivated scripting into the browser

[mc4man]

longstanding bug with many theories, ect.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...dm/+bug/984785
No longer an issue with recent buntu's, I guess still happens in 12.04

[ajgreeny]

I had that very problem when I was using Xubuntu 12.04 and I added the command

bash -c "rm .goutputstream*"

to the listed autostart-applications to remove any such files at the start of each session login.

Those files are just an annoyance, and do not cause any real problems, but like you I wanted to get rid of them anyway.