#hidden-files

How to: Is it possible to hide lost+found? #dev #answer #fix

Is it possible to hide lost+found?

Given a partition intended solely for storing music, video and so-on, is it possible to hide the lost+found directory?

Answer [by Tim Post]: Is it possible to hide lost+found?

Lost+Found is where FSCK is going to deposit bits of files that it was able to recover if your file system is damaged. If the directory is currently empty, you are safe to just delete it.

Solution: How to delete .fuse_hidden* files? #it #fix #computers

How to delete .fuse_hidden* files?

I have small Linux server (Debian Squeeze) which runs a Samba server which is configured to share some folders with some windows machines. While trying to delete one of the directories from windows I received the “Cannot delete folder” error.

I tried to delete the directory from the linux’s console I got a similar error:

# rm dir-name -rf rm: cannot remove…

How to: How to delete all hidden files and directories using Bash? #programming #answer #development

How to delete all hidden files and directories using Bash?

The obvious solution produces an exit code of 1:

bash$ rm -rf .* rm: cannot remove directory `.' rm: cannot remove directory `..' bash$ echo $? 1

One possible solution will skip the “.” and “..” directories but will only delete files whose names are longer than 3 characters:

bash$ rm -f .??*

Answer [by Russell Heilling]: How to delete…

How-to: Recursively copying hidden files – Linux #programming #fix #answer

Recursively copying hidden files – Linux

Is there an easy way to recursively copy all hidden files in a directory to another directory? I would like to back up just all the settings files in a home directory, not the normal files. I tried:

cp -R .* directory

but it recognizes . and .. and recursively copies all the non-hidden files too. Is there a way to get cp to ignore . and ..?

Answer [by Al…

Solution: Is it possible to hide lost+found? #development #computers #dev

Is it possible to hide lost+found?

Given a partition intended solely for storing music, video and so-on, is it possible to hide the lost+found directory?

Answer [by Tim Post]: Is it possible to hide lost+found?

Lost+Found is where FSCK is going to deposit bits of files that it was able to recover if your file system is damaged. If the directory is currently empty, you are safe to just delete it.

Resolved: How to delete .fuse_hidden* files? #computers #programming #development

How to delete .fuse_hidden* files?

I have small Linux server (Debian Squeeze) which runs a Samba server which is configured to share some folders with some windows machines. While trying to delete one of the directories from windows I received the “Cannot delete folder” error.

I tried to delete the directory from the linux’s console I got a similar error:

# rm dir-name -rf rm: cannot remove…

Answer: How to delete all hidden files and directories using Bash? #answer #fix #computers

How to delete all hidden files and directories using Bash?

The obvious solution produces an exit code of 1:

bash$ rm -rf .* rm: cannot remove directory `.' rm: cannot remove directory `..' bash$ echo $? 1

One possible solution will skip the “.” and “..” directories but will only delete files whose names are longer than 3 characters:

bash$ rm -f .??*

Answer [by Russell Heilling]: How to delete…

Fixed: Recursively copying hidden files – Linux #fix #computers #answer

Recursively copying hidden files – Linux

Is there an easy way to recursively copy all hidden files in a directory to another directory? I would like to back up just all the settings files in a home directory, not the normal files. I tried:

cp -R .* directory

but it recognizes . and .. and recursively copies all the non-hidden files too. Is there a way to get cp to ignore . and ..?

Answer [by Al…