Hello! I'm using Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) which I recently installed. I noticed that there is a directory named ".cache" at root level. It seems to be created at the time of installation. What is it? Who has created it? Seems to be a bug in some package which has created it...
$ ls -la / total 76 drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Sep 23 12:17 . drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Sep 23 12:17 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Sep 15 06:58 bin -> usr/bin drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Sep 23 12:18 boot drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Sep 15 07:08 .cache drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 3620 Sep 25 20:30 dev drwxr-xr-x 160 root root 12288 Sep 25 20:34 etc ... $ sudo ls -la /.cache/ total 8 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Sep 15 07:08 . drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Sep 23 12:17 .. $ stat / File: / Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory Device: 254,1 Inode: 2 Links: 19 Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2025-09-25 20:59:15.325551965 +0530 Modify: 2025-09-23 12:17:24.464396236 +0530 Change: 2025-09-23 12:17:24.464396236 +0530 Birth: 2025-09-15 06:57:49.000000000 +0530 $ stat /.cache File: /.cache Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory Device: 254,1 Inode: 1441793 Links: 2 Access: (0700/drwx------) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2025-09-25 13:00:01.642549129 +0530 Modify: 2025-09-15 07:08:47.942883541 +0530 Change: 2025-09-15 07:08:47.942883541 +0530 Birth: 2025-09-15 07:08:47.942883541 +0530 Thanks! Regards, Avinash Sonawane https://www.rootkea.me
