[Discuss] camera files

[bill.n1vux at gmail.com (Bill Ricker)]

find may avoid crossing filesys .
do
  df
or
  mount
before and after to see where it's mounting.


On 4/18/12, Nathan Meyers <nmeyers at javalinux.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:54:51AM -0400, dan moylan wrote:
>>
>> in yesteryear, when i plugged a camera into my computer, the
>> camera files would show up under /mnt, then later under
>> /media, then under ~/.gvfs.  now, however, they show up in
>> one of those "drag and drop" windows (whatever they're
>> called), but where are they?  i see NIKON... at the top of
>> the window and a directory DCIM in the window.
>>
>> "find / -name DCIM" produces nothing.
>>
>> ok -- so exactly where is DCIM?
>
> I don't think it's mounted in a filesystem namespace (although perhaps
> could be with the right incantations). If you navigate into DCIM through
> the GUI, though, you'll find your images. You can use menus in the GUI to
> open another window into your filesystem, giving you a useful drag/drop
> destination for images you want to copy onto your filesystem.
>
> Nathan
>
>>
>> i know i'm something of a luddite, but i'm not happy in gui
>> land.  any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> ole dan
>>
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