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Nautilus Extension Kill Thumbs

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Description:

This extension remove a Thumbs.db file when you navigate in a folder.

Requires:
nautilus

Install from sources:
1. Download the tarball
2. untar it!
3. open terminal inside the untar'ed folder
4. run make && sudo make install or make && su root -c"make install"
5. ????
6. profit

Last changelog:

9 years ago

version 1.2
* Memory leak fix. (Maybe not... Glib scare me!)
version 1.1
* I don't remember what I do.
version 1.0
* coded in C! oh yeah
version 0.1
* Just remove Thumbs.db

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inameiname
9 years ago

I cannot seem to get it to download. It says there is no file to be found.

Any help?

Also, could somebody make a deb version of this? I have a deb version for 1.0 and it works great.

Perberos
9 years ago

Link fixed.

inameiname
9 years ago

Thanks for the update and the deb. Awesome.

Kallikanzarid
10 years ago

Writing such a program in C is a bit of an overkill IMO :))

Cooleech
10 years ago

Wouldn't a simple command "rm ./Thumbs.db" do the same job? Or this script removes them automatically? o.O

Poorly explained I must say.

sgtGarcia
10 years ago

Oh shi..
A /b/tard here?? Making stuff??
:)

Nice, useful tool by the way.

Gotta go, there is snip

;)

nenelinux
10 years ago

is very useful

thank you :D

LostinSpacetime
10 years ago

But obviously with one command U only delete all thumbs.db files at a certain point in time, while this application removes the files every time (they get recreated by windows) you browse the folder.

atilla
10 years ago

Please do not take this comment offensiva but I just wonder what is the difference between this application's job and " for i in $(find . -name thumbs.db); do rm -fr $i; done" bash command? I' m not a programmer but i can't get the difference. Pls, enlighten me.

LostinSpacetime
10 years ago

I'm not a programmer either, but obviously with one command U only delete all thumbs.db files at a certain point in time, while this application removes the files every time (they get recreated by windows) you browse the folder.

Perberos
10 years ago

You are right

erosenninrho
10 years ago

Hi dude, very good idea. Is there any possibility that you make a .deb file? ...It will really simplify the installation of your script in all machines that I know XD
Thanks again, and i hope that you can get this idea in the next update!
See you around!

Perberos
10 years ago

sure

erosenninrho
10 years ago

thanx man! awesome!!!!

algalord
10 years ago

I have a GPL free implementation of this in c (not as nautilus extension, but is easy to do), if you want, only ask ;)

also, the code is easy to expand to others extensions :D

Perberos
10 years ago

wait, what?
I don't understand the [GPL Free implementation] part. @_@
btw, lets me see what is it :O

algalord
10 years ago

sorry, that was redundant xD

My version is written in c, not c++, and use only standar and pseudo standar libraries, I offer you if you want to use it, but don't work as nautilus script because I don't know the nautilus libraries... but I think it can be changed very easy..

My program use only the extension, not the name.. so you can add in the code all extensions you want to delete

algalord
10 years ago

here the code

http://www.box.net/shared/fl6lm6i8ma

Perberos
10 years ago

Thanks

Padster
10 years ago

what are those files anyway?

Perberos
10 years ago

Sorry, I am messy.

Padster
10 years ago

what do you mean?
what are thumbs.db files?

Perberos
10 years ago

Thumbs.db is a parasite file created by windows, and propagated in zipped files.

Moar info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_thumbnail_cache

Padster
10 years ago

okay, so THAT's what they are. i've always wondered. well, seems like a good idea to remove those pointless files :-)

Jon207
10 years ago

More accurately, they are files used by Windows to store thumbnails cache, thus speeding thumbnails reloading (it's Windows' equivalent to the ~/.thumbnails folder).

And yeah, those files, along whith Desktop.ini, .directory and .DS_Store are often annoying to appear everywhere.

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9 years ago

version 1.2
* Memory leak fix. (Maybe not... Glib scare me!)
version 1.1
* I don't remember what I do.
version 1.0
* coded in C! oh yeah
version 0.1
* Just remove Thumbs.db

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raoulr Aug 27 2011 9 excellent

mystica Mar 18 2011 9 excellent

Padster Mar 18 2011 9 excellent

Passaralho Mar 15 2011 9 excellent

Wesselaar Mar 15 2011 3 bad

pegellinux Mar 15 2011 9 excellent

VanBastian Sep 26 2010 9 excellent

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