On Saturday 03 Sep 2011 Török Edwin wrote: > On 09/03/2011 07:54 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: > > This is where it seems puzzling. The directory below imap, and the files > > therein are owned anne:anne - this is my home directory. I can see them > > in the file manager but not in a terminal. However, change to root and > > I can see them. However.... > > > > Even as root, if I try to descend into the directory 1687036093 (which I > > see clearly listed, owned by anne:anne and 0 bytes long) again I am told > > that there is no such file or directory. > > Anne, > > Filenames and directories which start with a '.' (dot) are not shown by > default when you run 'ls'. > Try 'ls -a', or 'ls -al'.
Yes, I do generally use -a when listing. > Also when running the 'cd' command you need to > type in the correct name of the directory. > For example: > cd /home/anne/.kde/share/apps/kmail/imap > ls -al > cd .1687036093.directory > ls -al > cd .INBOX.directory > ls -al > Now I think we are getting somewhere. There is, for instance INBOX and .INBOX.directory. Possibly, in fact I think probably, earlier I was looking at the wrong one. So - descend down the tree from there and all is well until I reach Newsletters, one of the two directories mention. There, ls -al total 24 drwx------. 2 anne anne 4096 Feb 18 2009 . drwx------. 37 anne anne 12288 Sep 1 15:48 .. No files are listed. Similarly, at the level above, .INDEX.directory, it says ls -al total 18140 and goes on to list directories and index files, but no messages. I know the messages are in ~/Maildir, so I'd really like to know what's going on here. OTOH, it's probably OT for this list, and I don't want to upset people by continuing with a thread they find irrelevant. Anne
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