N900 filesystem

Revision as of 16:34, 8 December 2009

This article is here to help you find your files you see in file manager but can't seem to find via terminal.

Note: power users should know how to use find, so lets keep this article beginner-friendly!

File manager path	Real path	Size of the partition
root	/	256MB
space for software installations etc.	/home	2GB
Nokia N900	/home/user/MyDocs	27GB
Nokia N900/Documents	/home/user/MyDocs/.documents
Nokia N900/Images	/home/user/MyDocs/.images
Nokia N900/Sounds	/home/user/MyDocs/.sounds
Nokia N900/Videos	/home/user/MyDocs/.videos
Memory card	/media/mmc1	Memory card's size

Windows: To see hidden or system files, open the "Tools" menu, and select "Folder Options", then in the "View" tab, check "Show hidden files and folders". Learn more
GNOME: In the View menu of the file manager, check the "Hidden files" checkbox. Learn more
KDE: In the View menu of the file manager, select "Show Hidden Files" Learn more

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-And if you still don't find what you're looking for, you can try to use find at terminal as following:
+== Instructions for viewing hidden files ==
- <code>find /path/ -name 'filename*'</code>
+; Windows
+: To see hidden or system files, open the "Tools" menu, and select "Folder Options", then in the "View" tab, check "Show hidden files and folders". [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/hiddenfiles.mspx Learn more]
+; GNOME
+: In the '''View''' menu of the file manager, check the "Hidden files" checkbox. [http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/stable/nautilus-hidden-files.html.en Learn more]
+; KDE
+: In the '''View''' menu of the file manager, select "Show Hidden Files" [http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase-apps/dolphin/dolphin-interface.html Learn more]
-Path can be for example / but it will give you errors if you dont have [[Root access]] and it makes the search to last longer. And if you don't give exact filename, remember to use wildcards(*)!
+== Further reading ==
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_directory_structure The Unix directory structure] article from wikipedia.
-If you are further interested about the filesystem, please see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_directory_structure Unix directory structure] article from wikipedia.
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