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"Missing" file

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Using Document Viewer, I saved a file kat.pdf to my desktop but now cannot see it using either CLI or file manager ( even showing hidden files) .

If I search for the file kat.pdf, using Catfish or CLI, I cannot find anything

If I go back into recent docs within the Document Viewer it shows the properties of the file as file:///home/tony/Desktop/kat.pdf and can open the file.

I feel I am missing something obvious here (?)

Tony

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tony@tony-Latitude-E6430 ~/Desktop $ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: tony-Latitude-E6430 Kernel: 4.4.0-112-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: MATE 1.18.0 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3)
           Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine:   System: Dell (portable) product: Latitude E6430 v: 01
           Mobo: Dell model: 0CPWYR v: A00 Bios: Dell v: A07 date: 10/08/2012
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-3210M (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
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           4: 1282 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
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           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
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Re: "Missing" file

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If you can open it, it must be there :?

Does find ~ -name kat.pdf find it :?:
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Re: "Missing" file

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Hi WharfRat,

sorry that doesn't find it..

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tony@tony-Latitude-E6430 ~ $ sudo find ~ -name kat.pdf
tony@tony-Latitude-E6430 ~ $ sudo find ~ -name kat*.pdf
tony@tony-Latitude-E6430 ~ $
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Re: "Missing" file

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strangely, Document Viewer now no longer shows the file in recently viewed but shows files from a few weeks ago; I haven't performed a restore of log-off&on.

There is nothing in the wastebasket either.

Tony
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Re: "Missing" file

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Are you sure of the file name :?:

Is it possible that you accidentally deleted it or moved it elsewhere :?:

Try all pdf files with find ~ -iname '*.pdf'
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Re: "Missing" file

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Searching for *.pdf doesn't find it either.

Neither does "find files created today" find any pdf files ( and the file was downloaded this morning)

I have just re-created the file ( it's a file created online) and it will not show on the desktop although it seems to allow it to be saved there. However, I can save and retrieve it from my uSB HDD .

I am puzzled.!
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Re: "Missing" file

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Just to double check: find / -type f -iname "*kat.pdf*" 2> /dev/null

Yeah, the more posts I read on this thread, the more intrigued I am. :D
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Re: "Missing" file

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Boca wrote: ⤴Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:24 amIf I go back into recent docs within the Document Viewer it shows the properties of the file as file:///home/tony/Desktop/kat.pdf and can open the file.
Just like "Document Viewer" isn't the real name of the program, "kat.pdf" might not be the real name of the file - perhaps capital letters or special characters.
So try

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ls -al /home/tony/Desktop/kat.pdf
ls -al /home/tony/Desktop/
find $HOME -iname "*kat*" 
find $HOME -iname "*pdf*"
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] if/when it is solved!
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
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Re: "Missing" file

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Boca wrote: ⤴Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:42 am strangely, Document Viewer now no longer shows the file in recently viewed but shows files from a few weeks ago; I haven't performed a restore of log-off&on.
Can you still open the file?
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Re: "Missing" file

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Hi Flemur,

thanks for your help.

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tony@tony-Latitude-E6430 ~ $ ls -al /home/tony/Desktop/kat*.pdf
ls: cannot access '/home/tony/Desktop/kat*.pdf': No such file or directory
tony@tony-Latitude-E6430 ~ $ ls -al /home/tony/Desktop/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x  3 tony tony 4096 Feb 20 16:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 33 tony tony 4096 Feb 20 15:54 ..
drwxrwxr-x 23 tony tony 4096 Feb  4 21:21 Backup_of_Dropbox_Important
-rw-rw-r--  1 tony tony    0 Feb 20 16:00 Crontab_last_ran_at-16:00:01
The

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find $HOME -iname "*kat*" 
find $HOME -iname "*pdf*"
finds multiple files beginning kat and/or pdf extensions but none match the missing file.

I can no longer open the file as it now doesn't appear in either the Document Viewer File-Open or Recent-File lists.

I have just opened a new file with Document Viewer and then saved it to Desktop where it is visible, can be searched and can be re-opened

Tony
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Re: "Missing" file

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Your description sounds strangely like viewtopic.php?f=90&t=263532
Are you using firejail? It may be some (intentional?) behavior relating to firejail trying to block the browser from accessing the desktop.
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Re: "Missing" file

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FreedomTruth wrote: ⤴Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:35 pm Your description sounds strangely like viewtopic.php?f=90&t=263532
Are you using firejail? It may be some (intentional?) behavior relating to firejail trying to block the browser from accessing the desktop.
That sounds very similar indeed; I am indeed using Firejail for Firefox.

From the Firejail site:- "Firejail ... reduces the risk of security breaches ... allows processes ... to have their own private view"

Does this mean that the files may still be there ? but can only be seen "through" FireJail? That would explain why Document Viewer could still see the files ( which I had just downloaded) but no other process could.

For info, I have managed to re-create the original file so I have no urgent need to access the original "missing" file but my interest is piqued just in case this happens again.

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Oh you're using firejail. I'm not yet personally familiar with firejail, but that does sound about right.
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Re: "Missing" file

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Termy wrote: ⤴Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:48 am Just to double check: find / -type f -iname "*kat.pdf*" 2> /dev/null

Yeah, the more posts I read on this thread, the more intrigued I am. :D
Sorry Termy, I missed this post till now.. as below, this found various files but not the one in question.

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tony@tony-Latitude-E6430 ~ $ find / -type f -iname "*kat*.pdf*" 2> /dev/null
/media/tony/My Passport/*******
/media/tony/My Passport/test/*******
/media/tony/My Passport/*******
/media/tony/My Passport/*******
/media/tony/My Passport/*******
Thanks, Tony
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Re: "Missing" file

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Firejail should indeed block write-access to locations not specified in the "allow-list" - I also have not used Firejail yet - so I presume the file is held in RAM as it can not be written to disk. That would explain why it disappears after a while; it has been overwritten.

Can Document Viewer save the newly-opened file where you want? ("Save a Copy ..") and does it show if you select "Open Containing Folder"?
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Re: "Missing" file

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Hi all and thanks for your help,

It's beginning to look as if FireJail is causing this behaviour and it is what Firejail should be doing. Special thanks to Freedom truth for spotting the connection.

Summary :- If I disable FireJail and reboot, I can successfully open the file , save it to Desktop and It can be seen by CLI and File Manager

As a trial:-
  • Open https://www.rspo.org/key-documents/cert ... d-criteria
    Downloaded file :- RSPO Generic Checklist for audits against RSPO P&C 2013 and selected "Open with Doc Viewer", saved to Desktop, file NOT visible using CLI or File Manager
    open another doc from site.. when doc viewer opens, select above doc from recently viewed list and able to re-open it.
    close doc viewer and re-open it from prog manager; the files are NOT on recently viewed list
    repeat above steps but save to my usb hdd instead and the file CAN be seen by CLI and file manager.
diasble FireJail and reboot, I can successfully open the file , save it to Desktop and It can be seen by CLI and File Manager

Looking at FireJail help file. "The installed profile tries to replicate some advanced security features.... Allow access to files only in the following standard directories: /bin, /dev, /etc, /home, /lib*, /media," I do not understand why I can save to /media but not /home.

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