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Subject: Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories?
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 18:56:36 +0100
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Andrews,

> Yes. They're there also. Same garbage that I have never needed to use.

:-) Long ago people trashed their computers by deleting "garbage" files they 
didn't recognise .  Only to find out that that "garbage" was actualy used by 
the OS.

> Well, some of it is the installed apps but the point is I make a single
> top-level directory on the internal memory just as I do on the external 
> sd.

The problem is that you think the SD card is yours to manage, while Android 
thinks its his.  And I'm afraid that Android can out-stubborn you. :-( :-)

IOW, don't try to fight it, its not something you can win.

What you /could/ do is to, on the 'puter, write a bit of code/script that 
will remove all empty (root) folders from the SD card.  A clean-up so to 
speak.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser