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FDUPES is a program for identifying or deleting duplicate files residing within specified directories.
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"fdupes: could not chdir to /home/[user]/[folder] #131

Open jmvp opened 4 years ago

jmvp commented 4 years ago

"fdupes: could not chdir to /home/[user]/[folder]" The above error message shows up when I try and run:

fdupes /home/[my]/[folder]

And I can't figure it out. I see the line in your code which causes this error message to pop up, but lack the technical ability to suss out what I should do from there. I'm running Linux Mint 18.3.

Hoping someone will advise me here.

adrianlopezroche commented 4 years ago

It's probably a permissions issue. Try running "cd /home/[user]/[folder]" and see what happens. You probably need to change permissions on that folder or run as a user that has permission to access it.

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"fdupes: could not chdir to /home/[user]/[folder]" The above error message shows up when I try and run:

fdupes /home/[my]/[folder]

And I can't figure it out. I see the line in your code which causes this error message to pop up, but lack the technical ability to suss out what I should do from there. I'm running Linux Mint 18.3.

Hoping someone will advise me here.

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jmvp commented 4 years ago

I should have clarified: I am the only user on the machine. I get the same result whether or not I preface the command with 'sudo'. Also, I have just confirmed, I get the same result when I run the command as root. There are no other commands on my machine that do this.

adrianlopezroche commented 4 years ago

If it's not a permissions issue then I have no idea what's going on. Just in case, try the following command:

namei -l /path/to/folder/giving/you/problems

and look at the permissions for each part to spot any issues with permission bits.

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I should have clarified: I am the only user on the machine. I get the same result whether or not I preface the command with 'sudo'. Also, I have just confirmed, I get the same result when I run the command as root. There are no other commands on my machine that do this.

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YannisCS50 commented 3 years ago

"fdupes: could not chdir to /home/[user]/[folder]" The above error message shows up when I try and run:

fdupes /home/[my]/[folder]

And I can't figure it out. I see the line in your code which causes this error message to pop up, but lack the technical ability to suss out what I should do from there. I'm running Linux Mint 18.3.

Hoping someone will advise me here.

Hi, I had the same problem on MacOS Catalina. I don't know if this works for you but give it a try. I typed directly in the prompt "fdupes -r Documents" , without " " and without / before Documents. Earlier I tried "fdupes -r /Documents" and I was receiving the same error message as you.