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Im new to Ubuntu. Just started to use KeePassXC and noticed when KeepPassXC is launched, it creates a .lock and .socket file in the tmp folder. Im trying to figure out what these files are, what they do and how I can view their content?

I did found this on the site What are socket files?

But that didnt explain why an application as KeePassXC creates and what it does, with a socket file.

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These sockets are related to a cross platform solution for having a single instance of the application. This socket is not communicating with anything. When another instance of KeePassXC is run, it first checks to see if it can create a socket. If it cannot, then it assumes there is already another running instance and sends a message to that instance through the socket. This message triggers the running instance to come to the foreground.

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