Re: Is this normal?

Claude V. Lucas <claudel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <1i3ghyi.4lp18d1itxr2wN%dempson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
David Empson <dempson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Claude V. Lucas <claudel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So, I just noticed ( after years :^)) that when I use the finder
( column view ) to look at /Boot-Drive/Users, that my home directory
doesn't show up in that view.

Does for me. It just has a different icon: it looks like a house instead
of a folder.

I have the house icon for the home directory, except it is in the
sidebar of the Finder.

That's just a shortcut to the actual home folder, so it doesn't reflect
the visible state of the folder in Finder.

When I navigate to /Users there is no icon
or listing visible for my home directory. That seems odd...

In that case it sounds like your home folder has somehow ended up with
the invisible attribute set.

This is an attribute which is obeyed by the GUI but completely ignored
by the command line tools.

If you have the developer tools installed, there is a command line tool
which lets you set and examine the file attributes:

/Developer/Tools/GetFileInfo ~

will show you the details for your home folder. On the attributes line,
look for the letter 'v' (should be the second letter). If it is
capitalised, then your home folder is invisible. If it is lower case,
then the problem is elsewhere.

If the invisible attribute is set, you can clear it as follows:

/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a v ~

If I play with these commands on my home folder, it has the effect you
describe: enabling the invisible attribute hides the folder in Finder,
but it is still visible in Terminal with ls.

If you don't have the developer tools installed, there are probably some
GUI tools which let you play with file/folder visibility. For example,
Xray can do this.

You also won't see the house icon if you boot from a different volume
and look at the /Users volume on your normal startup volume.


When I view /Users on a clone of my startup disc my home directory
is also invisible there, but the directory and all files are there
when I boot from the clone...

This is consistent with the invisible attribute on your home folder
being copied to the backup.

--
David Empson
dempson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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