gvfs total wierdness

[Jonathan Ryshpan]

There's a file named .gvfs in my home directory that is totally
unaccessible.  Here's a couple of tries, both run as root:

# ls -l .gvfs
ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied

# ls -lA
...
-rw-r--r--   1 jonrysh jonrysh     181 Aug 17 22:16 .gtk-custom-papers
-rw-r--r--   1 jonrysh jonrysh      89 Dec  6  2007 .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
d?????????   ? ?       ?             ?            ? .gvfs
drwx------   2 jonrysh jonrysh    4096 Nov 27 14:25 .icedteaplugin
drwxrwxr-x   2 jonrysh jonrysh    4096 Dec  4  2007 .icons
...

What is this file?  Should I delete it?  Can I delete it?

Thanks - jon