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3+ ## Purpose
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5+ This document lists the known noise file names filtered by the client inventory pipeline and their platform origin.
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7+ ## Known noise file names
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9+ | File name | Origin platform | Typical purpose |
10+ | --- | --- | --- |
11+ | ` desktop.ini ` | Windows | Folder customization metadata |
12+ | ` thumbs.db ` | Windows | Thumbnail cache |
13+ | ` ehthumbs.db ` | Windows | Media Center thumbnail cache |
14+ | ` ehthumbs_vista.db ` | Windows | Vista Media Center thumbnail cache |
15+ | ` .desktop.ini ` | Windows/Linux legacy compatibility | Legacy hidden variant |
16+ | ` .thumbs.db ` | Windows/Linux legacy compatibility | Legacy hidden variant |
17+ | ` .DS_Store ` | macOS | Finder metadata |
18+ | ` .AppleDouble ` | macOS | Resource fork metadata |
19+ | ` .LSOverride ` | macOS | Launch Services overrides |
20+ | ` .Spotlight-V100 ` | macOS | Spotlight indexing data |
21+ | ` .Trashes ` | macOS | Trash metadata or folder marker |
22+ | ` .fseventsd ` | macOS | File system event metadata |
23+ | ` .TemporaryItems ` | macOS | Temporary items marker |
24+ | ` .VolumeIcon.icns ` | macOS | Custom volume icon |
25+ | ` .directory ` | Linux (KDE) | Directory display metadata |
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27+ ## Matching behavior
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29+ - On Linux, matching is case-sensitive.
30+ - On non-Linux platforms, matching is case-insensitive.
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