what is the file on my computer ".plugin140_01.trace" for?

Greetings flowrush!

Basically, that file is a harmless Java-related plain text file that
helps trace error messages.  Apparently if you delete it then it will
just be written back.

As stated on the sun.com site:
"...this is a file that records all the System.out and System.err
messages. The trace file is disabled by default but is automatically
enabled when the Java Plug-in Console is enabled.":
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/guide/plugin/developer_guide/debugger.html#jpitf

Here's a short newsgroup thread on it:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=53e201c261cf%24d7a31930%243aef2ecf%40TKMSFTNGXA09&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dplugin140_01.trace%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D53e201c261cf%2524d7a31930%25243aef2ecf%2540TKMSFTNGXA09%26rnum%3D1

I hope this information is helpful.  If you would like for me to
clarify any of it, please let me know.

leep-ga


search strategy used--
looked for ".plugin140_01.trace" on Google Groups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=.plugin140_01.trace&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wg
".trace file" on Google:
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22.trace+file%22

Excellent response, just as i expected if not better. Hopefully next
time maybe I can understand the program that created the file and what
it is for.