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Icon? file on OS X desktop

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Problem

When I my Desktop from terminal (by using ), I see a file named . As far as I can tell, it's empty ( shows nothing). It doesn't show up on my actual Desktop, and shows the Finder alert This item is used by Mac OS X and can't be opened Here is the output from : Does anyone have an idea as to what this is?

Error Output

kMDItemContentType         = ""
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2009-09-23 13:32:52 -0600
kMDItemFSCreationDate      = 2009-09-20 07:27:46 -0600
kMDItemFSCreatorCode       = "MACS"
kMDItemFSFinderFlags       = 16384
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon     = 0
kMDItemFSInvisible         = 1
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidd…

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Fix for: Icon? file on OS X desktop

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What is it? It's name is actually , with being the carriage return . If letting the shell autocomplete the path in Terminal, it yields , being . is a file existing in all directories that have a custom icon in Finder. If you change a directory's icon e.g. in its Get Info dialog by pasting an image into the icon in the upper left corner, the file is created. Changing a volume's icon creates a hidden file instead. Why is it invisible? It's invisible in Finder, because its attribute is set. Change…

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