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andreas_g4
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Feb 12, 2005, 03:06 PM
 
Can anyone tell me how this can happen? Finder info shows that the folder contains data of more than 5 GB, but the terminal shows that the folder has no content. The terminal shows invisible files, right?

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Feb 12, 2005, 03:22 PM
 
type "ls -al" to see all the invisible files, such as those that start with a period.
     
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Feb 12, 2005, 07:50 PM
 
Originally posted by waffffffle:
type "ls -al" to see all the invisible files, such as those that start with a period.
If you still don't see anything, run DiskWarrior as you have directory corruption.

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