what is this directory?
 

I see a nice icon named directory with sunglass in suse9. Can anyone tell me what is this and what is this used for?sorry i am new

Have you tried opening it? what does it do?

it brings this

[Desktop Entry]
BgImage=
Encoding=UTF-8
Icon=desktop
Type=Directory

[IconPosition::.directory]
X=31
Y=440

[IconPosition::C.desktop]
X=31
Y=264

[IconPosition::CD-R.desktop]
X=279
Y=176

[IconPosition::Floppy.desktop]
X=147
Y=176

[IconPosition::Network.desktop]
X=23
Y=5

[IconPosition::Office.desktop]
X=403
Y=5

[IconPosition::Printer.desktop]
X=31
Y=176

[IconPosition::SuSE.desktop]
X=155
Y=5

[IconPosition::Support.desktop]
X=279
Y=5

[IconPosition::Trash]
X=31
Y=88

[IconPosition::desktop]
X=31
Y=528

It looks like a file where the position settings of your desktop icons are stored. If you move an icon around (eg trashbin) the value of it will probably change.