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Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> In my root directory I found a file .recently-used, which is an xml file 
> that contains all the files I have used, the program that I used on it, 
> and a "time stamp"! It looks like a spyware program. What is its 
> purpose? Which daemon creates it?

It is a feature of the Gnome desktop.
On Fedora 6 at least (gnome 2.16) , selecting Places then Recent 
Documents gives you a list of - recently used documents.

ps. If you are concerned about files changing on your systems, and want 
to know what is going on you should think about Tripwire
http://www.tripwire.com/products/enterprise/ost/



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