[ProgSoc] Ubuntu/nautilus file management bug
John Elliot
jj5 at jj5.net
Thu Nov 19 02:06:54 EST 2009
jedd wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 November 2009 08:54:40 John Elliot wrote:
>> Can't think of a way to check that though, as I can't
>> remember file names with any certainty.
>
> You said the folder went, too? You can try searching for
> that - either with find, or just 'du -a / | grep ...' (where ...
> is something useful within the old folder name).
Thanks for the tip. I made the command slightly better as
$ du -a / 2>/dev/null | grep ...
which meant I didn't have to see the phonebook of "Permission denied"
errors.
In related news, I found my files! Go figure. They turned up in a
completely random place. I guess I must have flinched with my mouse or
something during the drag/drop operation... :P That leaves me in the
rather awkward position of having violated a few of the rules for smart
questions [1], the most obvious being that I didn't have a repro before
calling bug. Oh well. At least I learned a thing or two.
[1] http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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