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Dot Folders in Terminal, whats the directory path setup for external drives?

sparkie7

sparkie7

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Ok, so I know that: mkdir .testhiddenfolder will create an invisible folder on my home directory. but how do i do this if i have an external drive called "G-Drive M2" .... is it mkdir G-Drive\\M2/.testhiddenfolder, or mkdir volumes/G-Drive\\M2/.testhiddenfolder

sorry if this is a way basic question. I'm totally new to unix and Termianl

any help would be greatly appreciated :D
 
thanks Cromulent.

and whats the correct path for revealing the hidden folder.. ~/Volumes/G-Drive\ M2/.testhiddenfolder ??

It doesnt quite work!
 
and when i try it in Terminal it comes back with..

-bash: /Volumes/G-Drive M2/.testhiddenfolder: is a directory
 
Yes that is why you use the cd (change directory) command.

cd /Volumes/G-Drive\ M2/.testhiddenfolder

then you can put as many files as you like in it. You can open the folder in finder by doing:

open /Volumes/G-Drive\ M2/.testhiddenfolder

you should be using Terminal for all of this.
 
great. thanks :D

how do i make the folder accessible via the "Go to folder" under "Go" ?
 
ok, i tried typing: /Volumes/G-Drive\ M2/.testhiddenfolder into Go to folder. still no luck.
 
Cromulent said:
Yes that is why you use the cd (change directory) command.

cd /Volumes/G-Drive\ M2/.testhiddenfolder

then you can put as many files as you like in it. You can open the folder in finder by doing:

open /Volumes/G-Drive\ M2/.testhiddenfolder

you should be using Terminal for all of this.
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so its not possible to open hidden folder using "go to"?.. does it all have to be done via Teminal

i know that you can at least have access to a root directory folder via Go to menu by using the syntax: ~/.testhiddenfolder

i just cant seem to do this when the hidden folder is on an external drive. I can via Terminal, but not thru Go to

any ideas? :rolleyes:
 
My experience is Finder will cry tears of blood if you try to make it access one of those evil UNIX hidden directories. So you don't make it do so: create a non-hidden subfolder in your hidden folder on the drive, and go-to that instead. It only objects to opening the .lolhiddenfolder, it doesn't care if it's in the path "~/.lolhiddenfolder/whereikeepactualfiles"
 
martychang said:
My experience is Finder will cry tears of blood if you try to make it access one of those evil UNIX hidden directories. So you don't make it do so: create a non-hidden subfolder in your hidden folder on the drive, and go-to that instead. It only objects to opening the .lolhiddenfolder, it doesn't care if it's in the path "~/.lolhiddenfolder/whereikeepactualfiles"
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yes, but in order to access the non-hidden folder (inside you hidden folder), you have to make your hidden folder accessible first. how do you do this without going via the Terminal app?
 
sparkie7 said:
yes, but in order to access the non-hidden folder (inside you hidden folder), you have to make your hidden folder accessible first. how do you do this without going via the Terminal app?
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Go to? You can type the full path into Go to folder in the Finder. Finder hates opening a .folder ITSELF it doesnt' care if the non-.folder is inside a .folder.
 
martychang said:
Go to? You can type the full path into Go to folder in the Finder. Finder hates opening a .folder ITSELF it doesnt' care if the non-.folder is inside a .folder.
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err... can you gave an example of this?

ie. the exact syntax that you'd type in Go to..
 
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