RESOLVED AND THANKS! Re: I lost some movie folders, need help to find them. RESOLVED AND THANKS!

[Steven Vollom]

Glenn R Williams wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 November 2008 13:36:11 Steven Vollom wrote:
>   
>> 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
>>>       
>
> Steve,
>
> the argument in my example was '*.mp4' and it needs to be in single quotes. 
> Otherwise you will get an error.
>
> Best,
>
> Glenn
>
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