(Solved) Download Folder Randomly Deleted | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

white yacht Aug 11, 2023, 8:27 PM

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How can I get my downloads folder back and have it stop deleting?
I updated my install, turned it off and unplugged for a move and now look what it says.
All the other folders are here except Downloads

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This has happened before too I didn't question it though

dire mountain Aug 11, 2023, 8:47 PM

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can you show me content of ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs?

white yacht Aug 11, 2023, 9:21 PM

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@dire mountain

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dire mountain Aug 11, 2023, 9:22 PM

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sudo -s changes ~ to /root

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so do that again without sudo -s

wild kite Aug 11, 2023, 9:24 PM

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they're just running the file path so the shell is trying to execute it

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and i guess it doesn't have x permission

dire mountain Aug 11, 2023, 9:24 PM

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oh yeah
didn't see that there's no cat lmao

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yeah to see content of file, use cat

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cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs

in your user shell, not root shell

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@white yacht
hello?

wild kite Aug 11, 2023, 9:28 PM

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now that i think about it if it was just a problem with xdg variables it wouldn't remove the old directory

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what distro and what version of it are you running

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also what desktop environment

dire mountain Aug 11, 2023, 9:30 PM

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judging by this
something-something i3, sway or dwm

wild kite Aug 11, 2023, 9:31 PM

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oh i missed that yeah it's dwm

white yacht Aug 11, 2023, 9:35 PM

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wild kite oh i missed that yeah it's dwm

Naw its awesome

wild kite Aug 11, 2023, 9:35 PM

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close enough

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it's a fork of dwm

white yacht Aug 11, 2023, 9:35 PM

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Using arch

white yacht Aug 11, 2023, 9:38 PM

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dire mountain <@223186817036320768> hello?

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Downloads not listed?

wild kite Aug 11, 2023, 9:38 PM

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oh wait

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it's set as your home

dire mountain Aug 11, 2023, 9:39 PM

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lmao

white yacht Aug 11, 2023, 9:39 PM

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Lmao yo

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So change it?

wild kite Aug 11, 2023, 9:40 PM

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but that happens when the previously set directory is nonexistant and user dirs are refreshed

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so it probably won't fix it

white yacht Aug 11, 2023, 9:40 PM

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Alright so how do I make sure this doesn't happen again tho

wild kite Aug 11, 2023, 9:41 PM

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i'm not sure

white yacht Aug 11, 2023, 9:41 PM

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I got a Linux virus or something?

wild kite Aug 11, 2023, 9:41 PM

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there's probably a daemon of some sort deleting it

white yacht Aug 11, 2023, 9:41 PM

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Oh

dire mountain Aug 11, 2023, 9:41 PM

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xdg-user-dirs-update can generate folders when needed tho
especially when changing user-dirs locale

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idk how it is on WMs
but that's how it is on GTK DEs with user-dirs-update gtk helper

wild kite Aug 11, 2023, 9:42 PM

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white yacht I got a Linux virus or something?

i doubt a malicious program for linux of all things would intentionally make itself detectable especially in a way like that

white yacht Aug 11, 2023, 9:43 PM

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dire mountain xdg-user-dirs-update can generate folders when needed tho especially when changi...

Yeah I created it when I first installed but it won't update now w the command

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How can I recreate Downloads folder?

wild kite Aug 11, 2023, 9:44 PM

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set the downloads variable to `$HOME/Downloads" and try

mkdir ~/Downloads
xdg-user-dirs-update

white yacht Aug 11, 2023, 9:47 PM

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(Solved) Download Folder Randomly Deleted

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Thank you

wild kite Aug 11, 2023, 9:48 PM

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that may not be permanent though

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