Hunting for an AWOL folder -- many thanks! I found it...

[Peter N. Spotts]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:48:59 -0500
"Peter N. Spotts" <pspotts at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> An odd question: What's the most efficient way to hunt for a folder
> that appears to have gone AWOL? I was using Thunar to drag the folder
> to another one (both in my user directory). The folder vanished from
> its old home, but failed to appear in the new one. I've looked in
> several folders one by one, and can't find it. But there's gotta be a
> better way to do that...Unfortunately, the missing folder carries the
> name "local" so when I run the "locate" command, you can imagine how
> many of those show up in my terminal!
> 
> With best regards,
> 
> Pete
> 


-- 
Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter
The Christian Science Monitor
210 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02115 USA
Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139
Email: pspotts at alum.mit.edu | Amateur-radio call: KC1JB
www.csmonitor.com | www.kc1jb.net

"The knack of flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss." 
            -- Douglas Adams, "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"