Doing ls -la shows the folders that were they previously to the "copy/move". The folders I'm hoping to find are not there. Does this mean I've lost it all? At least I've still got the calender and contacts through earlier syncing with my palm, but the mail would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Neil. On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 18:00, vtwinc@cox.net wrote: > try "ls -la" at the root of the folder that you moved files to. > > > > From: Neil Loffhagen <neil@c-w-services.co.uk> > > Date: 2002/12/27 Fri PM 12:42:09 EST > > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > > Subject: Lost files...can they be recovered? > > > > Hi, > > > > This must be one of the most stupid mistakes to b made... > > > > I have a redhat 8 laptop and a redhat 8 server. The server has samba > > shares on. I had just rebooted the laptop and went to the mnt/neil > > folder and did a drag and drop of files on the local laptop to the > > share. But the share was not actually mounted. I should have realised > > this, as could see the share name, but no folders underneath. Once I'd > > done the drag and drop the various folders disappeared from the local > > drive? Guess this was doing a move rather than a copy? Of course the > > folders never actually appeared on the server. It all went too quickly > > as well. So now the folders seem to have all disappeared completely? > > They are not on the laptop or the server? Is there any where they could > > be? Looked in the trash. It's my whole Evolution setup, so I've lost > > all previous mail! And here I was trying to back everything up, so > > could trash the machine and build it from scratch. Now I seem to have > > lost all the files I was trying to make sure were safe :( > > > > Any ideas most gratefully received. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Neil. > > > > > > > > -- > > Psyche-list mailing list > > Psyche-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
