Questions dealing with Ubuntu's layout of files, permissions, and files that reside in special locations on disk.
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Design interface for file system [closed]
Interview Question : Design data structure and algorithm to implement API's that interface between the user file system and the native file system.
Not sure what User file system and native file ...
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Display folder sizes in file manager
In nautilus (or nemo) file manager, the "Size" column shows the filesize for files and the number of items contained in a folder for subdirectories:
Number of items is not that important for me, it ...
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Where on the filesytem could a user find the Unity scope files?
I am wanting to find the Unity scope folder so that I can study how the scopes are set up and programmed. Where on the filesytem could I find the Unity scope files?
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“There was a error launching the application” [duplicate]
I have a .desktop file for sublime text and i keep getting a error when executing it. Here is the desktop file:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
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Did not found root folder browser after upgrading to latest
Today I have upgrade my system with ubuntu 13.04 . But I Did not found the root file system .
Please help me how do I access the files , a lot of files are in /opt folder .
Thanks
Biplab
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Very poor file transfer performance
Just recently, my system is really struggling to move large amounts of data (sometimes few big files, sometimes many small ones). The trouble occurs when the files are being moved off of my hardrive ...
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How to open a crontab file in c++
I am working on a QT application which makes the usage of crontab easier with GUI. But I am facing the trouble of including the jobs in the crontab file from my application .
So how do i open a ...
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Using my wifi netgear for syncing my file system
I have a desktop , a laptop and a tab. I have a wired internet connection which is routed through netgear for wifi connection to my laptop and android tablet. Is it possible to sync my files of a ...
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Lots of files gone missing — What could be wrong [closed]
After what may have been a crash I had lots of files missing -- entire directories except for links and sub-directories.
I have no idea what is wrong with my computer (purchased in December with ...
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How should I partition my new SSD? (Journaling on another HDD?)
I know this might seem a strange question and I know I should buy a good UPS but I already had had two of them and none of them did a good job. I'm living in a house where many power outages occur ...
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Files button on the side opens a new window instead of minimized window?
If I open my hard drive from the hard drive icon (I have 2 hard drives) and then I minimize it, it minimizes to the files and when I try to restore it it opens a new file manager (this happens weather ...
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File operations freezes
Got newest Ubuntu 13 with all updates and when copying files to my 32GB sd card, the file operations freezes just before it finishes and it does not complete. Files greater than 10mb do this, anything ...
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Convert 750GB NTFS USB drive to universally compatible file format from Lucid command line
So I have a 750GB USB drive (technically it's a housed 2.5inch drive but I have only laptops with no free bays, nor eSATA adaptors) which is currently formatted to NTFS. It's currently only using 23Gb ...
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how to unite all files from several subfolders into one big folder?
how can I copy all files, with different extensions, from several different subdirectories, into one main folder?
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Unable to transfer files from laptop to USB due to permission error
I am unable to transfer file from my system with Ubuntu 11.10 OS to a USB drivee (Hp 16GB).
When I copy files from system and try to paste in USB the paste option gets disable. But the reverse is ...
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NTFS-3G permissions and inherit fstab flag
I'm trying to user a NTFS filesystem with full ACS's set just like windows.
Everything is working fine except the permissions set to created files.
Here is my environment:
fstab:
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How to Fix “Read-only file system” error when I run something as sudo and try to make a folder/file?
When I try to save something or rename a file/folder it say this error " Read-only file system" or run something as root in the terminal it say this error
sudo: unable to open /var/lib/sudo/"My User ...
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New Hard Drive, New File System
I am putting a new hard drive in an old computer and I want to know the best file system to use for installing Ubuntu 13. I am going to install from a USB drive and I have "ISO to USB" software; the ...
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ext4 is full but checked OK with fsck and badsector and shows plenty of free space
I need your opinion on this, any idea welcomed:
I have a PC with separated / and /home FSs.
The root fs has ext4 on sda5, Ubuntu is Precise Pangolin LTS 3.2.0-40-generic-pae.
I had a package update ...
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Permission denied creating file on Ubuntu Server (Amazon EC2 instance)
sudo has been working fine for installing applications and running scripts, but when I try and create a file I am getting a "Permission Denied". I have tried:
sudo cat > file.conf
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sudo echo ...
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MyISAM problem after moving datadir of a MySQL database
I recently moved my MySQL database data directory from the default location /var/lib/mysql onto a new harddrive located in /media/..UID../mysql, following the steps you can find in several posts.
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Where can I find what filesystem lvm2 uses/
After a default installation of Xubuntu (12.10) on a SSD card, I now have the following set up:
A SATA disk:
/dev/sda1 --> extended
/dev/sda5 --> ext4 (mount point: /media/mark/
A SSD disk:
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What is the “.Trash-1000” folder and how to delete it?
Can someone tell me what the .Trash-1000 folder is and how can I remove/delete it
It taking up 275-Gig of disk space.
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Can i use file system in ubuntu without installing (running via USB)
I want to use the file system like all drive from the hard drive without installing Ubuntu only running via USB.
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'mount -t ntfs-3g' Fails (exit code 1) but 'ntfs-3g' Succeeds
I'm currently on 12.04LTS and I've installed a couple of updates. (not sure which)
Now my nautilus cannot mount any NTFS partition (complaining about exit code 1), and indeed
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g ...
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When mounting a foreign filesystem how does Ubuntu match up users?
If I mount a filesystem that's been part of another Ubuntu installation (systemB let's call it) how does my system (systemA) work out permissions? Specifically:
Does userA on my system get access to ...
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How can I rename a file in a different path without changing the current directory or writing the path twice?
For example, I want to rename tif/fat/tul/codes/MyCode.pl to TheCode.pl in the same directory. Currently I know these:
mv tif/fat/tul/codes/MyCode.pl tif/fat/tul/codes/TheCode.pl
, which requires ...
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standard place to put development/code files in Ubuntu
I am setting up my development environment on Ubuntu and I was wondering what the standard is on where I should place custom development projects on the file system?
Thanks!
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Fail to mount on boot
I have just created a Ubuntu server and all is working well however at boot I receive the following error message which is causing problems. I am running Ubuntu Server 12.04
Here is the error any ...
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File System for Ubuntu 12.10?
I am new to Ubuntu & want to dual boot my Windows 7 laptop.
I am confused as to which file system should be used for the Ubuntu drive.
Some people say FAT32 is must while some say EXT4 is better.
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My /media/E8648A94648A64E2 shows empty
My folders inside /media/E8648A94648A64E2 is not shown in GUI.
Previously there used to come everything normally but suddenly it didn't came.However, i can access those files and folder inside ...
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A Linux container can use an authorized_keys file outside my home directory, but ephemeral containers based on it can't. Why?
In Ubuntu 12.10, I've created an LXC of type 'ubuntu' using the lxc-create utility. I then create ephemeral containers based on this container using the lxc-start-ephemeral utility, and I need to ...
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How to remove file logicaly?
I have a file on my computer which was called just one.flv , I deleted this file but the problem here is that the icon of the file still appeared and when I try to do any operation on it from terminal ...
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Is it possible to take a snapshot of / (or other) filesystem, like in VirtualBox?
Taking snapshot of root partition will make possible to roll back to previous state. This is very helpful when something went wrong and/or data loss occurs. This feature can be seen in VirtualBox HDD ...
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SFS Windows partition after Ubuntu Install
I installed Ubuntu to dual boot with Windows 7 64-bit on another laptop of mine and encountered a problem. Here is what happened:
I shrunk the Windows partition to create space for Ubuntu
I ran ...
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How to check an encrypted disk for errors
During the last installation of Ubuntu I set up full disk encryption using the option on the installer. My disk seems to now have become corrupt, and I'd like to check it for errors.
GNOME Disks on ...
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Avoiding character code problems in file names
Even though I have always been careful when copying files between partitions of different type, I repeatedly ran into the problem that after copying file names on the target disk where corrupted. ...
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Using an SSD - things to consider? [closed]
I am considering to buy an SSD disk for my laptop. I know it's very fast, but i am concerned about its lifetime and data integrity.
Can you please share your experience about using SSD in your ...
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Damaged SD card (badly unmounted?) How to fix?
First Off I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 on a laptop with a built in card reader.
I have a sandisk 8Gig micro sd card that came with my HTC Desire HD phone.
Unfortunately I had mounted it to a windows ...
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How do I stop this constant loss of free space?
I was running Ubuntu, as normal, when suddenly I got a dialog box that said I only had 1.2 GB of free space left. An hour before, I had 30 GB of free space.
I deleted some stuff and brought the free ...
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What's the difference between “cd ../” vs. “cd /..”?
What do these two commands mean?
cd ../
cd /..
I am ending up in two directories upwards the tree on the first command and in the root directory from the second command. Why does that happen?
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fsck on ext4 resulted in file corruption
I had to hard reboot my machine and I had a file system corruption. I have tried to run fsck on the partition from live CD. However my partition is ext4 and I understand that fsck defaults to ext2 ...
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Grub corrupted and etc directory missing
I have a dual installation with Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7. I was in windows, I had to restart my machine and my grub was not loading. I used boot-repair to load my grub. However, my linux ...
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How to read file with iso-8859-1 latin1 encoding?
What package should I install to be able to read files with iso-8859-1 latin1 encoding?
Currently, I only see strange characters instead of text.
% locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
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Retrieving files from broken wubi installation
My wubi installation of Ubuntu 12.04 is stuck in an infinite login screen loop. I have tried following the advice on other posts but nothing has worked so now I'm trying to retrieve a few files from ...
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Moving Kubuntu from hdd to ssd
I bought a new SSD to install it in my HTPC. Before, I had an HDD with Kubuntu. I would need to copy the files from the / partition from HDD to SSD.
To do this, I booted from the Kubuntu livecd, ...
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Files no longer open with the preferred app, Nautilus opens instead
Basically that: it used to be that if I downloaded a certain file in firefox, chromium or transmission it would open with the preferred app (image > shotwell, zip > file roller) but now its always ...
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Confusing Disk Space Situation
My system primarily has Windows 7 on it. A while ago, I switched from VirtualBoxing into Linux to installing Linux in its own Partition. I thought I had lots of free space.
However, Ubuntu's now ...
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small sda2 partition between root and swap
I have been trying for a while to figure out the partition scheme on my desktop that was automatically installed by Ubuntu when I installed. I let Ubuntu create the partitions as it saw fit on my ...
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How do I interpret the output of the filefrag command?
I have a dump file in my system that has confidential data in it. I tried using the filefrag command to open it. The output is:
root@sateesh935-SVE15115ENB:/home/sateesh935/Desktop/g3# filefrag -v ...
