Re: Help finding files

doomtop writes:
I have directory A and in directory A there is directory B and directory
C. I moved directory B into directory C and then I moved directory B back
into directory A. Then I removed directory C.

Tell us exactly what you typed and exactly how the machine responded.

Now all the files in directory B are gone... when I do a "locate' for the
files it shows them all where I think they should be but when I try to
list the directorys within directory B it says they do not exist...

Locate only tells you what was found last time updatedb ran, which usually
happens in the middle of the night. What do you get for 'ls -l A' and 'ls
-l B'?
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John Hasler
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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  • Re: Help finding files
    ... I moved directory B into directory C and then I moved directory B back ... into directory A. Then I removed directory C. ... Locate only tells you what was found last time updatedb ran, ... have a suitable backup, that says the files were not important to you. ...
    (comp.os.linux.setup)
  • Re: Help finding files
    ... John Hasler: ... I moved directory B into directory C and then I moved directory B back ... into directory A. Then I removed directory C. ... umount it. ...
    (comp.os.linux.setup)