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Continuation of the .final files question

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As part of my maintenance process, I have a utility that travels the entire file storage on all computers. Yes, it takes time but is necessary.

My problem is in the home directory is a .mozilla directory and. while processing the directory to the bottom, my process is attempting to look at files that don't exist! An example is: .mozilla/firefox/tar3lacg.default-release/storage/default/https+++www.youtube.com/cache/morgue/97/{71caaab5-6413-4293-ad75-dd3a833ae461}.final

There are a completely unreasonable amount of these files and they just don't exist on the computer! It is causing my error logs to fill up with useless information that is taking way, way too much of my time. Obviously, I can't delete non-existent files, so there seems to be no easy fix. I tend to think these are soft links to these non-existent files, making them broken and therefore problematic. That seems to be the only place where my process can find the names of files that don't exist.

Can this be verified? Can I be let in on the secret place where they can be found and eliminated?

As part of my maintenance process, I have a utility that travels the entire file storage on all computers. Yes, it takes time but is necessary. My problem is in the home directory is a .mozilla directory and. while processing the directory to the bottom, my process is attempting to look at files that don't exist! An example is: .mozilla/firefox/tar3lacg.default-release/storage/default/https+++www.youtube.com/cache/morgue/97/{71caaab5-6413-4293-ad75-dd3a833ae461}.final There are a completely unreasonable amount of these files and they just don't exist on the computer! It is causing my error logs to fill up with useless information that is taking way, way too much of my time. Obviously, I can't delete non-existent files, so there seems to be no easy fix. I tend to think these are soft links to these non-existent files, making them broken and therefore problematic. That seems to be the only place where my process can find the names of files that don't exist. Can this be verified? Can I be let in on the secret place where they can be found and eliminated?

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