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cant access folder created by other distro

PostPosted: Jul 22nd, '13, 19:12
by ianoscar80
hi all,

I'm dual booting Mageia 3 and Ubuntu 13.04.
I have created folder and copying some files while I log in Ubuntu to the home folder in Mageia partition.
Now when I log in Mageia, I can view the new folder created but no access to the files that I have copied.
It says "could not enter folder".
how can I configure access to the files from Mageia.

Re: cant access folder created by other distro

PostPosted: Jul 22nd, '13, 19:24
by doktor5000
Please open a terminal and show the output of
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ls -al /path/to/your/folder

/path/to/your/folder is only a placeholder for the real location of the folder you have problems with.

Re: cant access folder created by other distro

PostPosted: Jul 27th, '13, 14:51
by ianoscar80
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[zzz@localhost ~]$ ls -al /home/zzz/videos/New Folder/
ls: cannot access /home/zzz/videos/New: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access Folder/: No such file or directory
[zzz@localhost ~]$

Re: cant access folder created by other distro

PostPosted: Jul 27th, '13, 15:40
by doktor5000
The folder name contains a blank, which has a special meaning to the shell.
Either use tab completion for the name, or escape the blank like this:
ls -al /home/zzz/videos/New\ Folder/