N900 filesystem

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This article is here to help you find your files you see in file manager but can't seem to find via terminal.

Note: power users should know how to use find, so lets keep this article beginner-friendly!

== Location table ==

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
|-
!File manager path
!Real path
!Size of the partition
!Device
|-
|root
|<code>/</code>
|256 MiB
|Built in to processor chip
|-
|space for software installations etc.
|<code>/home</code>
|2 GiB
|Partition of 32 GB memory chip
|-
|Nokia N900
|<code>[[MyDocs folder|/home/user/MyDocs]]</code>
|27 GiB
|Partition of 32 GB memory chip
|-
|Memory card
|<code>/media/mmc1</code>
|Memory card's size
|microSD memory card
|-
|Swap
| -
|768 MiB
|Partition of 32 GB memory chip
|-
|}

'''Please notice, that units are [[:wikipedia:Gibibyte|Gibibytes]] (GiB), not [[:wikipedia:Gigabytes|Gigabytes]] (GB). N900 specs say 32 GB, not 32 GiB'''

eMMC is a image of 32 GB chip. See [[Updating the firmware]]

Note: MyDocs has subfolders that can be seen with file manager, there is an article describing those called [[MyDocs folder]]. The folder you see when you plug in your N900 to computer is:
/home/user/MyDocs

== Instructions for viewing hidden files ==

All files that start with period (.), are hidden files. For example:
/home/user/.thisishiddenfile.txt

; Mac
: Use <code>ls -a</code> in [[terminal]] or [http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/developer/hiddenfiles.html a Dashboard Widget]
; Windows
: To see hidden or system files, open the "Tools" menu, and select "Folder Options", then in the "View" tab, check "Show hidden files and folders". [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/hiddenfiles.mspx Learn more]
; GNOME - Nautilus
: In the '''View''' menu of the file manager, check the "Hidden files" checkbox. [http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/stable/nautilus-hidden-files.html.en Learn more]. The keyboard shortcut is Control+H.
; KDE - Dolphin
: In the '''View''' menu of the file manager, select "Show Hidden Files" [http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase-apps/dolphin/dolphin-interface.html Learn more]
; Command line
: Use <code>ls -a</code> in a terminal. This will work on your Nokia N770, N8xx, and N900 as well as any Linux distro or system.

== Further reading ==

* [[:wikipedia:Unix directory structure|The Unix directory structure]] article from Wikipedia.

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