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What are the gigantic *.CFS files all about in Eclipse workspace plugin folder?

I started to notice my WD drive getting full and ran a size:gigantic file search on it. It has turned up several files here:

F:\SCOTT-SHARED-DESKTOP\My Documents\JPA_SPRING_STRUTS\.metadata\.plugins\org.maven.ide.eclipse\nexus\d9d714e11cb097b3ffcec91cccc65d3e_58.cfs

that exceed 189,992 KB (189 MB)!

Anyone know about these rascals?

Solution

  • As stacker points out, each of these seem to be a Lucene segment file, with Compound File format. If you want to see what is inside, you can open them with Luke.