What in the hell?

"Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull" (RamblinRover) 10/28/2013 at 21:53 • Filed to: None

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My new phone has a folder on it called "lost.dir". It says it was last modified 12/31/1979...

Mosqvich > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 21:54

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Interesting. What kind of phone?

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 21:55

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Naija > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 21:55

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ghosts

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 21:55

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Porn

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 21:56

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I wouldn't worry about it.

Also, all android phones have that, and similar weird dates can be found on nearly all computers/OS's'whatever. I forget the reason.

PS9 > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 21:57

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Oh hey, I was looking all over my car for that. You mind handing that back? There's some extremely sensitive stuff about the future in that .dir that you probably shouldn't be reading.

...oh goddamnit, why did I say that. Now I'm never getting it back...

Blondude > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 21:57

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According to the internet:

The lost.dir folder is a system folder. Its a place where the Android OS places files that are recovered during a system boot up (when you turn on the device). If you were saving files and suddenly the phone shut off, or maybe you pull the SD card while files are being written to it - the system places copies of those files there so it can try and recover them on the next boot. You normally wont find anything there at all. It is ok to delete whatever is there, and you can delete the folder as well - however it will be recreated by the system next time you turn on the phone.

getchapopcorn > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 21:58

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kinja'd

For Sweden > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 21:59

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It's just a lost folder, diiirrr.

Dunnik > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 21:59

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For once, it actually means what it says: it's a Lost Directory, where files that are corrupted and found during a the startup File System Check are stored. It's roughly the same thing for both Apple and Android.

Have no idea why its displaying that date.

It's safe to delete it, unless you've lost some critical files of late and want to try to recover them. The system should automatically re-create the folder upon start up.

ddavidn > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 22:00

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"PC time" starts at 1/1/1980. It's hard-coded as a start date in many, many things and may default to that if no modified date can be found. Android phone? I believe it's the Android variant of a "Recycle Bin" or the .trashes on a mac. It should automatically get cleared out, though.

Er.... I mean, yeah. Aliens. like MtrRider said.

Edit: I found a link .

MoparKetchup > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 22:00

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Throw out that phone like the crap it is...

Victorious Secret > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 22:03

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Lost you say?

Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull > Mosqvich 10/28/2013 at 22:07

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Kyocera Droid phone - forget the name of at at the mo. It's water resistant if a bit durr hurr on some performance specs.

Nibby > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 22:17

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Think of it like a recycle bin for Android devices.

Leadbull > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/28/2013 at 22:26

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It's a time machine, Napoleon.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > ddavidn 10/28/2013 at 23:33

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Beat me to it. Yeah, Linux time stamps count from that date in milliseconds so it's one big number that computers can use better

ddavidn > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua 10/29/2013 at 00:32

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I thought Linux was 1970. Is it ext3 that counts from 1980? Don't mind me, a bit rusty on the Epochs and I didn't actually look at the link I pasted...