I lost some movie folders, need help to find them.

[Steven Vollom]

Glenn R Williams wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 November 2008 01:06:00 Michael Hirsch wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Steven Vollom
>>
>> <stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> I changed the configuration on my Ktorrent program.  I created an
>>> instruction so that when downloads completed they be transferred to
>>> /media/sdb5/Completed Downloads.  The problem is, I meant to put them in
>>> /media/sda5/CompletedDownloads.
>>>
>>> I have a problem with my sdb5 partition, in fact I have lots of problems
>>> with the partitions on that HDD.  In any event, my computer doesn't
>>> think it does exist.  I intended to place the folders in sda5 not sdb5.
>>> The problem is that several movies were downloaded and Ktorrent was
>>> instructed to put them in a folder that my computer doesn't think
>>> exists.  They went some place, but I don't know where.  I ran a find on
>>> one of the titles, but nothing came up.
>>>
>>> When a user screws up, do his errors just vaporize, or does the computer
>>> put them some place?  And, can a person find that place?  TIA.
>>>       
>> The two tools I use for this are "locate" and "find".
>>
>> Locate is a database of files on your system.  If you know the name of
>> the file (say it is "myfile.mp4") try running
>>    locate myfile.mp4
>> or, if all you remember is the .mp4 extension run
>>    locate .mp4
>>
>> If the file is quite new it might not be in the locate database yet,
>> so try using find:
>>   find / -name *.mp4
>> This will take a long time, and will spit out every file you have that
>> ends in .mp4.
>>
>> Both these commands have manual pages.  Run
>>    <ALT>-F2 man:find
>> or
>>    <ALT>-F2 man:locate
>> for all the gory detail.
>>
>> Michael
>>     
>
> Just a small note apropos the thread "Question on find inconsistency". Your 
> example of using find _needs to have the argument quoted_ to protect it from 
> shell expansion:
>   
In your comment the underline.  I know I should know, but I don't know 
the language.  Which part would be the argument?  What is protecting it 
from shell expansion and why is that bad?
Thanks!    Steven
> find / -name '*.mp4'
>
> Regards,
>
> Glenn
>
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