Robert, can you tell me specifically what the command for finding a file is? I tried find -name and they say that the -n is not recognized. I tried a few others, but I have not found the command to bring up any file, even ones I know are there. Usually there is $ somehere. Claire > On July 28, 2019 at 3:11 PM Claire Huttlinger <chuttlinger at comcast.net> wrote: > > So, Robert: > I have a tiny bit of experience with Terminal. I went in to look for temporary folders ($TMPDIR) and found that my list does not look exactly like the one in the example: a folder called qw was missing. I have no idea what that means, but there may be a root folder missing or a permissions problem. I will try the find name thing you suggest.Thanks > > > > On July 28, 2019 at 3:02 PM Robert Heller < heller at deepsoft.com mailto:heller at deepsoft.com > wrote: > > > > > > At Sun, 28 Jul 2019 13:44:06 -0400 shel at principledprofit.com mailto:shel at principledprofit.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Try searching for a couple of keywords in one of the documents. If it shows > > > up, you will see the folder hierarchy. It is possible you accidentally > > > renamed the documents folder and it's all still there. > > > > > > And if a finder search doesn't help, try searching from within an > > > application such as word. The Mac's find function got a lot funkier several > > > years ago. Though it is still way better than a PC. > > > > > > > > Two other possibilities: > > > > Could you have *somehow* renamed the folder to have a period as its first > > character? Files and directories whose names start with a period (under > > UNIX/Posix O/Ss) are considered "hidden" and don't show up under "normal" > > conditions. (MacOSX *is* UNIX, under the hood.) > > > > Secondly, Since MacOSX *is* UNIX, under the hood, you also have this > > option: > > > > Open a Terminal (yes, I know were are entering the totally scary (?) world of > > the command like) and enter (with the keyboard!): > > > > find -name "*one of your missing document names*" > > > > (The '"' and '*' are needed -- I am guessing your documents have "funny" > > characters, like spaces in them and you probably have no clue about the > > document's "suffix".) Don't forget to press ENTER and the end of the command. > > > > You can also try: > > > > ls -A > > > > (The find command recursively traverses your directory tree, the ls command > > with the -A open will show hidden files and directories.) > > > > Also, my MacMini has the locate command (I don't know if that is a standard > > feature of MacOSX or if I installed it as an after market thing, maybe with > > MacPorts). So that is another way of finding files. > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 28, 2019, 12:15 PM Claire Huttlinger via Hidden-discuss < > > > hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net mailto:hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Greetings: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know how to recover a document folder form a Mac OS hard > > > > drive? I have mysteriously lost one, and I have not emptied my trash or > > > > anything. The folder and and all the documents it contained have > > > > disappeared from every history, the trash, the finder, everywhere. Any > > > > thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Claire > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > > > > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net mailto:Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > > > > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > > > > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > > > > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > > > > > > > > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > > > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net mailto:Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > > > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > > > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > > > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > > > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services > > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services > > heller at deepsoft.com mailto:heller at deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20190728/a61066a9/attachment.html>