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pistacchio
Asked: 2010-10-02 11:20:29 +0800 CST

MacOs cli: unexpected ls behavior

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I've sort of "lost" some files under a hidden directory in my home called .node_libraries When I ls its content from another directory, i see the wanted files and directories, but when i cd to it and then list the content, i can only see one directory. See below:

marvin:lib gu$ pwd
/Users/gu/dev/node.js/express/lib
marvin:lib gu$ ls ../../../../.node_libraries/
admin.js      crypto        gridfs        request.js    view.js
bson          cursor.js     index.js      response.js
collection.js db.js         jade          responses
commands      express       middleware    server.js
connection.js goog          public        utils.js
marvin:lib gu$ cd ../../../../.node_libraries/
marvin:.node_libraries gu$ ls
connect

What could be going on? Thanks

mac-osx

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You have a symlinked directory.

    What do these commands give you?:

    set -o | grep physical
alias cd
alias ls
ls -ld /Users/gu/.node_libraries
ls -ld /Users/gu/dev/node.js/express/lib
find /Users/gu -H -type l -xtype d -ls
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