and now I am waiting for 20 minutes.
I have about 135,000 objects and 500 hidden in my home folder.
When I switch back to the terminal, the cursor blinks 5 times until it stays dark. I cannot enter or change anything in the terminal.
Why?
Is the command allright?
Is ist still running?
What to do?
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inxi -Szxx from 2020 03 25
considering you're stripping execute permissions from all files you'll probably break a lot of things, so good luck with whatever you're trying to achieve. hope you got a backup.
gm10 wrote: ⤴Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:46 am
considering you're stripping execute permissions from all files you'll probably break a lot of things, so good luck with whatever you're trying to achieve. hope you got a backup.
Really - what do you mean, this is my home folder only ... ?
What does this mean? Is it still running and doing its job? Shall I wait ...?
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inxi -Szxx from 2020 03 25
Oh, I have recherched quite a lot before it. But I am not an expert at all. Does not the "+X" will add it back for folders?
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inxi -Szxx from 2020 03 25
InChrist wrote: ⤴Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:38 am
Really - what do you mean, this is my home folder only ... ?
Yes, and now some items in your menu won't be executable, neither will applets you installed, launchers on the panel or the desktop, Steam and flatpak applications, etc.
InChrist wrote: ⤴Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:52 am
Oh, I have recherched quite a lot before it. But I am not an expert at all. Does not the "+X" will add it back for folders?
Your command should not have removed it from folders.
I have read somewhere that chmod does not affect hidden files ... are there other files in the home folder which must be executable?
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inxi -Szxx from 2020 03 25
I don't see how anyone could answer your question since we don't know what is in your home folder. You could have a 3TB partition from a secondary hard drive mounted to your home directory which might explain why it'
s taking 2 days to change permissions./
Please add a [SOLVED] at the end of your original subject header if your question has been answered and solved.
altair4 wrote: ⤴Mon Jul 09, 2018 1:45 pm
I don't see how anyone could answer your question since we don't know what is in your home folder. You could have a 3TB partition from a secondary hard drive mounted to your home directory which might explain why it'
s taking 2 days to change permissions./
If he has ~/.wine he might be having this sort of fun:
pwd = /home
$ grep -iRl fred username
...
grep: warning: username/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/username/Desktop: recursive directory loop
grep: warning: username/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/username/My Documents: recursive directory loop
...(and then via the wine links it gets into my DATA partition, which has thousands of files)...
username/.wine/dosdevices/d:/bob/Pix/THAT/bd_THAT_scamp2.jpg
username/.wine/dosdevices/d:/bob/Noizes/BIOKM/bd_BIOKM_084.mp3
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] if/when it is solved! Your data and OS are backed up....right?
Inside documents only files like pdf, odt, jpg - no hidden files.
So why would there be any problem with a recursive command inside documents, or pictures ...?
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inxi -Szxx from 2020 03 25
It looks like the command did not to do anything - which in fact was my luck as I have learned it is not good to do what I intended. Thanks to God.
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