Quote Originally Posted by Werner P. Schulz View Post
'~/.gvfs' isn't a ordinary file; it is the mountpoint for GVFS. Therefore you cannot delete or copy it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVFS
All my self-created mount points can be deleted when not in use. And nothing seems to be mounted on my .gvfs, still there is no way to modify it using the ordinary file system commands. So .gvfs is something else, to me seemingly introducing new system features in userspace.

Maybe no wonder Miguel de Icaza is now a dedicated Mac user...?