Confused ! How do I find the path of any Folder?

Asked by Rich.b

OS Ubuntu 15.05 64bits

Have SSD split 53GB for windows pro7 and 53GB Ubuntu.

Ubuntu Home folder is on 500GB HD

I have some files on windows folders and some on Ubuntu

Can you help please

Richard

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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The question is vague. Do you want to be able to search for a file / folder and it show some results?

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Rich.b (aybi30) said :
#2

Sorry I was vague, what I am trying to do is if I looking a file in a folder, I would like to find which drive it is on. the complete path.

As I have Windows Pro 7 and Ubuntu on the SSD both 53GB partition.

Do this give the information you need?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

You can get nautilus to show the full file path in the op bar.

Vivid is no longer supported too, you may want to upgrade to Wily for continued support.

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Rich.b (aybi30) said :
#4

Thanks Andrew, sorry I am not sure what the "op bar" is and how to use it ?

As far as the upgrade to Wily, what, when & how is this done.

Richard.

OS Ubuntu 15.05 64bits 8GB ram SSD120GB HD 500GB

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#5

What is the output of:

uname -a; lsb_release -a

Thanks

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Rich.b (aybi30) said :
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richard@richard-H81M-S2H:~$ uname -a; lsb_release -a
Linux richard-H81M-S2H 4.2.0-25-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 18 12:31:50 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 15.10
Release: 15.10
Codename: wily
richard@richard-H81M-S2H:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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If you run:

sudo updatedb

(this will take a while to run). You can then use the:

locate

Command to search for files in the system. Dead handy and Dead fast.

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Rich.b (aybi30) said :
#8

Did this and nothing happened !

richard@richard-H81M-S2H:~$ sudo updatedb
[sudo] password for richard:
richard@richard-H81M-S2H:~$

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#9

"sudo updatedb" should not show any output, but it prepares the inventory database for the locate command.

Now try

locate any_file_name_of_one_of_your_files

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Rich.b (aybi30) said :
#10

Thanks Andrew.