Prometheus
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As some of you may recall, I had been having an issue where NesEmu, and then other applications, would suddenly cease to start again until their appdata directories were removed. Whilst on my recent vacation, I finally discovered what it is that seems to be preventing apps from starting, when this occurs.
When an application refuses to start in this fashion, there is always a blank, zero byte file in the relevant appdata directory, called aufs.xino - deleting it allows the app to function normally again.
I'm curious, now: What is aufs.xino, and why does it cause this to happen? I'm guessing it's a file that's supposed to be removed when the union mount stuff is over and done with? Can anyone shed any light, please?
When an application refuses to start in this fashion, there is always a blank, zero byte file in the relevant appdata directory, called aufs.xino - deleting it allows the app to function normally again.
I'm curious, now: What is aufs.xino, and why does it cause this to happen? I'm guessing it's a file that's supposed to be removed when the union mount stuff is over and done with? Can anyone shed any light, please?