findfile fills filesystem!

[Matthias Urlichs]

In comp.unix.aux, article <277E7617.12697 at orion.oac.uci.edu>,
  rprohask at orion.oac.uci.edu (Robert Prohaska) writes:
< 
< For some reason running the FindFile DA causes the amount of free
< space in my root fileysystem (the only one mounted) to decrease,
< apparently it'll go all the way to zero.
< 
The system caches the information from directory lookups in two special
files.
< 
< What did FindFile do, and how do I fix it?
< 
If you really want the disk space back, go to the console emulator, cd to
your System folder, and "rm .fs_* Desk*".

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