I have found out this file while learning about Ubuntu file system today under the location /usr/share/applications/.
What actually is the purpose of this file. Googling doesn't pop up anything I was looking for.
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It's a file for the bamfdaemon. Also called Window matching library - daemon. bamf matches application windows to desktop files
This package contains the daemon used by the library and a gio module that facilitates the matching of applications started through GDesktopAppInfo
When you open a program, Unity will either pop up a new icon on the launcher(dock) and/or add an arrow to an existing icon. Each icon is not an executable; it is a .desktop file.
bamfdaemon helps unity to determe whether an arrow needs to be added to an existing icon, or a new icon be popped up, along with other behaviors dependent on application identity.
